![]() Paperback Book Coversĭuring a chance encounter in 1958 with Mitchell Hooks (see the James Bond “Dr. One cartoon from that period “Mr Gordon Jex” (1947), bares (excuse the pun) the hallmarks of the deep understanding of the female form that would characterise McGinnis' later commercial work. Post war, he returned to artistic studies at Ohio State University and a private art school in Cincinnati. Some years later he would join Walt Disney Studios as an apprentice, before the onset of the second world war and a period in the Merchant Navy. That probably explains why, in a career now well into its eighth decade, one of the most successful commercial illustrators of the twentieth century is still producing stunning works of art.īorn in Ohio in 1926, the young McGinnis showed an early interest in art, copying images of Popeye with help from his artistic father. There is never enough time, never enough satisfaction … Nevertheless, painting is a good friend and I’m fortunate to be blissfully under its spell.” McGinnis” (McGinnis and Scott – Amazon UK / US) the artist states “Painting is addictive.
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