MICK McGINTY

Cottonwood, Arizona

Mick McGinty spent his early career working as an airbrush illustrator for a studio in California until he began freelancing. Over his 30 + years as an illustrator he produced visuals for the NFL, Universal Studios, Reebok, and nearly all movie studios, video game producers, and major advertising agencies. Some of the most notable include posters for the movies “Field of Dreams,” “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” “Dragnet,” “Rambo,” and “Curse of the Pink Panther.” He also designed video game covers for the Street Fighter II series, Streets of Rage 2, Kid Chameleon, and the Zoo Tycoon series, among others. Mick spent the last 10 years producing fine art western landscapes, still lifes, and other commissions. He received many awards for his fine art paintings, but his greatest award received for one of his paintings was last year’s “Artists Choice Award” at the 2021 Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, which he received only days before his passing. He was truly overwhelmed with joy. Mick passed away after a six-week bout with cancer on September 18, 2021.

Mick did not have a name on this painting, so our family named it “Rock of Ages” because it was the last worship song we sang together with him as a family on the day he was baptized shortly before he passed. We felt like he would see this as an appropriate title for this painting.

Rock of Ages | 12x12, oil