Janice "Ecinja" McCaskill

My name is Janice "Ecinja' McCaskill and I am visual storyteller that descend from a long line of oral tradition storytellers. I visualize oral stories handed down through time and reimagine them as paintings. The inspirations for my paintings are driven by these generational stories of the past with a touch of pure imagination. Each painting enriched with vibrant, bold colors and elements of nature that frames a story. My colorful story paintings straddle the worlds between imaginative realism and time.

When I was an art student and for the sake of time constraint to complete assignments, I begin sketch painting. Sketch painting allows me to work quickly and keep my painting loose as I work. By using the sketch painting technique, I don't have a preconceived notion of the outcome for the painting. The process is initially intense because I have to quickly get the idea for my painting down on my support (canvas, paper, wood panel, etc.) and then work within the piece by layering and blending the painted sketch.