About Me

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Paramus, New Jersey, United States
No, this in not a blog about gardening in any way, but a journal of my journey to become a professional landscape painting artist. For years, I’ve given my paintings as wedding gifts without thinking of profiting in some way from it. I worked for 18 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC as a computer programmer. I have been a painter since 1990, coincidentally, when I started working at the Met. I watched Bob Ross do his thing on Channel 13 in New York and decided I could do this, too. I have no formal training. I incorporate Bob's wet-on-wet technique for sky and water. My subject matter is covered bridges, lighthouses, fishing village scenes, barns, etc. Maine, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Nova Scotia and Spain are some of the places I have painted. My style is detailed and sometimes people think a photo of the painting is an actual photo of the scene. I hope to continue and grow in this medium. I also like to cook & dance. I am also a committed Christian. I am taking commissions - painting your landscapes style photos or your vacation home. Prices on request. contact me - Jackmck@juno.com my website is www.artofjackmckenzie.com

Friday, July 14, 2023

Bob Ross and the Hulk

Found this video of Bob Ross getting the Hulk to Paint

 

Bob Ross and the Hulk 

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Art Memes - thoughts, humor, inspiration

 Seems I'm still in my artistic dry spell, so here a re a few move memes to brighten your day










Thursday, June 22, 2023

art memes - thoughts, inspiration and humor

 Here are 10 art memes I've come across since my last posting












art sales from Pixels and Red Bubble

 I haven't been posting in a while so here's a couple of art sales via Pixels, Fine Art America/Pixels

I just returned to posting on Red Bubble and sold 20 postcards of the Sanktay Lighthouse Sunrise (Nantucket)

I also sold two jigsaw puzzle of my Hamilton Ontario Snowy Barn to someone in Hamilton. The link show the announcement page and here's the picture of it




 

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

new painting - Ocean Grove Surfer - Waiting

 I love the Jersey Shore and Ocean Grove in particular. I was walking along and saw this guy sitting on a surf board watching the waves. Unless there's a hurricane out at sea, the surf is rather meager so he it waiting  most likely in vain. As usual, you can by stuff with this image on it at the pixels website

Here is the painting and the picture. 

 



 


Thursday, February 2, 2023

New painting - Cardinal on Snowy Chair

 Cardinal are on of my favorite birds. Love the red coloring. I see a few of them flying around my back yard in the winter. I don't know the provenance of this picture. I see it on Pinterest and other sites, so I'm sure I may hear back from whoever took this.

I like painting snow pictures, too.  so here it is. And as usual, you can buy stuff based on this image via Pixels


 


Sunday, November 20, 2022

New Painting: COTW - Watching The Sunset

 As stated in previous posts, the Christian Family camp Camp-of-the-Woods in Speculator NY is one of my favorite places. My family has been going there for several generations. This particular time was a September Men's Retreat with the usual cast of sports figures, devotional meetings, good food and a pickle ball tournament. There are also great sunsets. This painting is of a man watching the sunset. As usual you can buy items based on this image from pixels