Manna Machine Studio Gallery

Manna Machine creates fine art: oil paintings and woodcuts, furniture, and craft items made from ceramics, metal and wood. The Manna Machine Studio Gallery has been featured in The Contemporary American Theater Festival as well as the Over The Mountain Studio Tour.

Doug Kinnett, the artist, works prolifically with oil paintings, ceramic tile and jewelry, and furniture design. He lives and works in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Doug holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Shepherd College, a Masters degree in Painting from West Virginia University and a Doctorate in Art Education from Illinois State University. He has taught art to all levels of students: from kindergarten to graduate school.

Our Mission

Manna Machine Studio Gallery’s mission is to create and support art that is about the proper place for the soul—to celebrate raw nature and human imagination with bold and colorful oil paintings, prints, ceramic tile designs and furniture.

Please feel free to call us or e-mail us anytime. We would be glad to have you stop by our studio in Shepherdstown to see Doug's work in progress. We also welcome commissions, orders for reproductions, and comments about the art.

Reproductions

We are pleased to offer a special opportunity to order high quality, affordable reproduction prints. Please contact us for more details.

What Does Manna Machine Mean?

The word manna means something, badly needed, that comes unexpectedly. The manna concept of aid and spiritual sustenance comes from the Bible, when the Israelites were miraculously provided with food "manna" in the wilderness.

We're drawn to the dichotomy between the ethereal, organic "manna" of scripture and the very real industrial nature of "machine". It's much like the Studio Gallery itself, which is both a creative and a business endeavor.

Our hope is that our art work can be a vehicle for providing unexpected, but badly needed, sustenance for those hungry for aesthetic experience.

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