Christopher mckenney surrealist horror paintings

Christopher McKenney is a conceptual artist, who is self taught. After dropping out of college in 2010, the Pennsylvania-based artist bought a camera and started teaching himself.

He now mainly specialises in horror surrealist photography, he is also known for his concert photography.

Unlike many surreal photographers who create beautiful and dreamy surreal images, Christopher McKenney takes dreamy surrealism and puts his own dark, horror twist on it.

Many of his images can be described as haunting, as faceless, ghost like figures are combined with deserted environments.

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Most of McKenney’s work is set out deep in the remote woods, at a lake, field or on a long stretch of empty road.

His photographs often feature a person who has parts of their body missing and/ or face covered.

In many of his photographs, the entire body is often not seen. While being interviewed by ARTSY Magazine McKenney explained “I don’t like to give people an identity; I like to focus on the story, not