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http://www.etsy.com/shop/vhmckenzie

Welcome to The Night Shift -- your downtown gallery of original art work, straight out of my tiny studio in the heart of the East Village in NYC.

The 24/7 pulse of NYC and its people are a constant source of inspiration; but traveling to the lush-yet-hardscrabble hills of my husband's birthplace in Jamaica provides a striking counterpoint for the rest. You can find both worlds in my work and I invite you to come in and take a look.

Like many artists, I work a day job to pay the bills. I'm fortunate to work as a computer graphics artist for a major television network by day (yes, ma'am, that IS an Emmy sitting on my piano) but I pursue my real passion, fine art, by night.

Ergo -- welcome to The Night Shift.

So, do you want the credentials first?

Ok.

I am a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where I studied history and film and semiotics and, belatedly, discovered my affinity for fine art.

I eventually moved to New York City for a job in television production land and attended Parsons School of Design at night. I was fortunate to meet wonderful artist teachers and then studied privately with one of them, abstract expressionist painter and illustrator Beverly Brodsky.

Check her out: www.beverlybrodsky.com

My work could be classified as impressionistic and expressionistic. I don't strive for a photo-realistic look but rather a harmony of color and a sense of emotion. See it and feel it.

My husband and I live with our two young daughters, who are growing up much too fast, and two very lazy cats.

Many of my paintings have a story that accompanies them -- check out my blog for the experiences and adventures that are behind many of my most powerful pieces:

www.vhmckenzie.blogspot.com


My work has been featured in the following publications:

"Soul Pancake", a book by Rainn Wilson, 2010

"Harvest Magazine" an Australian literary quarterly, Spring 2010

"Oranges & Sardines" literary magazine, Fall 2008

I have also been featured on various websites and blogs, such as:

http://www.apartmenytherapy.com

http://www.aloucreations.blogspot.com

http://mypinkyfinger.blogspot.com

http://theworldisus.blogspot.com

http://mysocalleddenver.blogspot.com

http://livelaughlovenyc.com

http://sdbp.bakedlife.com

http://inspire.scrapsins.com

http://www.gallimaufry.ws

http://seecatecreate.wordpress.com

http://hailiedurrett.blogspot.com

http://www.endomental.com

http://tncakes.blogspot.com/

http://thebabsblog.blogspot.com


Please come in and take a look around. I'm offering MANY prints of my work in this shop and a handful of originals. The prints are of exceptional quality.

I have my full-size prints made at Annaleo Print Shop in Brooklyn, NY. You may see more about the process and materials used for the print making here:

http://vhmckenzie.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-how-good-are-those-prints-anyway.html


As for the mini-print sets and sewn prints, I print them myself at home on a lovely, heavy-weight card stock.

Please feel free to convo me if you have any questions or requests. I would love to hear from you.........

Seriously. Not just kidding around.

Talk to me.