In pensive, cinematic portraits, painter Danielle Mckinney captures solitary female protagonists in moments of leisure and respite. Mckinney's work is in numerous museum collections including: the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; the Detroit Institute of Arts; Detroit, MI; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY. Barbara Mckinney is a retired educator and former social worker who embraces the art of creative expression. Her daughter, Danielle, channels this gift into her work, spreading hope and positivity.