Tom McKinley
Biography
Born in Bay City, Michigan, Tom McKinkley was educated in both Europe and the United States. Beginning at the Goddard Collage in Vermont, he continued his education overseas in England at the Falmouth School of Art, the Ravensbourne College of Art, London, and Brighton Polytechnic. Currently, McKinley is living and working in the San Francisco area.
Many of Tom McKinley's new paintings depict quiet, still, uninhabited spaces. Most of these spaces belong in the interior of someone's home yet they bare no trace of human contact or individuation. An edge of a billiard table, a corner of a pool, a section of a veranda; these spaces are beautiful and unexpected architectural experiences. A rhythm of geometry, pattern, and repeating forms permeate these quiet settings. Light from peripheral windows breathes some life into these otherwise inanimate spaces. McKinley paints in a meticulously photorealist style which further heightens the surreal nature of these images.
Gallery Exhibitions
Tom McKinley, Tom McKinley - April 3 - May 3, 2008 Tom McKinley, Primarily Blue - November 25, 2003 - January 3, 2004 Tom McKinley, Recent Paintings - December 4, 2001 - January 5, 2002
Press
Taking Aim at Modernity at Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco Chronicle Download PDF (40 K)
Selected Works
Tom McKinley Eighty Degrees Fahrenheit, 2009 oil on panel 30 x 49 inches
Tom McKinley Marcello's House, 2008 oil on panel 32 1/8 x 49 1/2 inches
Tom McKinley Many Steps, 2009 oil on panel 24 x 13 1/8 inches
Tom McKinley Cabin, 2009 oil on panel 13 7/8 x 25 1/2 inches
Tom McKinley Miami 33131, 2008 oil on panel 36 x 72 inches
Tom McKinley Winter Birthday, 2009 oil on panel 13 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches
Tom McKinley Sardinia, 2009 oil on panel 14 x 25 7/8 inches
Tom McKinley Pool House, 2008 oil on panel 26 x 54 inches