Who is Winocki?
Winocki’s Canvas is a confession of faith, frailty, and the veteran’s soul. The man’s artistic product is a spiritual and psychological pilgrimage.
Winoki’s mid-century still life oil’s.
Winocki’s oils—layered, tactile, shifting from earths to bruised violets—chart a journey from guilt to grace, his thunderous laugh a mask for silent screams.
Behind the canvas with Winoki sketches.
A retrospective of a man’s struggle to live, painted stroke by stroke, deserving not judgment but understanding unveils this soul’s quiet heroism.
News Articles about John McRee Smith, aka Winocki
Underneath a booming laugh—nurtured by ten children and his steadfast wife, Mary Alice,—lurked a man wrestling with alcohol, the relentless shadows of Peleliu, and a survivor’s guilt that gnawed at his soul.