Mimi Millmier Mckinney enjoyed drawing and painting from a very young age. She grew up in Portage Lakes, Ohio, a suburb of Akron, and began her professional artistic career in Flagler Beach, Florida, where she works as a freelance illustrator. Her work can be found locally as wall murals, on magazine covers, in private collections, and at local businesses including the Daytona Beach Pier.

Her mediums of choice are graphite on paper and acrylic on masonite. Her interest in the tattooing lifestyle and industry has also inspired much of her artwork, where she has produced flash sets, line drawings, custom designs, greeting cards, and fine art prints. She has created both commercialized work for reproduction on various products, in addition to original artwork that will never be duplicated.  She has also received commissions for portraiture, illustrations, still lifes, buildings and landscapes from individuals, as well as public, and private corporations.

In addition to being an artist, she is also happily married, the stay-at-home mother of two boys, and the primary caretaker of her centenarian grandmother.

I use my artwork to romanticize reality by integrating familiar objects and people with dreamlike atmospheres. My artwork is a means of putting my mind at ease by describing the thoughts and dreams within and making them something others can peruse again and again. The style of my artwork has been inspired by two very different art movements: classic realism like that of renaissance masters, and  the bold lines and bright colors that are prominent in tattoo and comic book art, illustration, and in general the lowbrow / pop surrealistic movement.  Both movements I had unknowingly incorporated into my artwork at a very young age, and continue to integrate in to my work today.

Over the years, working in several different mediums, I have specialized as a portrait and fantasy artist, doing most of this work in graphite pencil and acrylic paint. With each new work, I am striving for perfection in creating a beautiful piece that is commanding, definitive, and powerful, yet, executed with delicate precision.