Jim McDonald Archived Artworks

• Twenty Mile View

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0.125

• What Coronado Missed (1)
• Golden View of the Front Range. 59892590_583097272180858_4436355076763680768_n
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• THE ROAD HOME.
• MOUNTAIN WEATHER. -img-2521-l

  Oil, Panel, 24" x 48" x 1 1/2

• BRAZOS RIVER VALLEY FARM. IMG_20240517_164538942_MP

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14" x ,125

• April Showers IMG_20240414_114012805

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12" x ,125

• Taos In January IMG_20230113_083718622

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• Spring is Springing0617190859

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10" x 0,125

• Near Salida, CO. DSC_7794

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12"

• Weather Change. IMG_0046 (2)

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 48" x 1 1/2"

• Burst. 0923

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• Monsoon. DSC_8083

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• Pastel Noon. 8081

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8" x ,125

• Something In Blue

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". A soaking rain on the Taos Plateau is a rarity.

• Homecoming.

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 9"

• February 13.

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8"

• Creek Sunrise. 8026 (1)

  Oil, Panel, 24" x 18"

• Far View II 8025 (1)

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• Mesa Sundown. 7958

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24"

• Pause. 7960

  Oil, Canvas, 40" x 30" x 1 1/2"

• Snow Melt. 7954 (1)

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8"

• Chimayo, New Mexico. 0825

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16". Old adobe houses -abandoned or nearly so - are found throughout the southwest. I'm attracted to them - they are like time capsules. Imagine the lives started there, lived there and left there. Stro…

• Wayne's World (file 0852)

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". This painting was inspired by a photograph labelled "S/W of Cody, Wyoming" taken by K. Wayne McClane - a terrific photographer living in Red Lodge, Montana. Wayne graciously allowed me to paint fro…

• "Show-off Cloud". 0856jpg

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8". "Show-off Cloud" is an example of "artistic license". If you've ever tried to paint a cloud you know how hard it can be because the darn things are constantly moving. That's where my approach - pai…

• High Road To Taos.

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16"

• On Blue Bayou. 0922

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". I painted On Blue Bayou (I'm sure) in response to hurricane Barry that a few days ago made a wet landfall in the Louisiana / Alabama area. It brought to mind the network of bayous that lace the la…

• Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. 0909

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". The village of Arroyo Seco is in northern New Mexico not far from Taos. It has a very small population with a high percentage being artists. It reminds me today of Taos 50 years ago...un-discovere…

• Breakthrough 91058

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Breakthrough is another in my rainy days series.

• Hill Country Spring. 0909a

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12". The Texas hill country has received a tremendous amount of rain over the winter and the land shows it. It's been a long time since the spring color has been this vibrant.

• Rio Grande Gorge 0938

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11". This is a view of the Rio Grande Gorge at the Taos Plateau - west of Taos, New Mexico. It's about 800 feet deep in this area -- quite an unexpected sight because you can't see it till you get to i…

• White Mesa Line Camp (0832)

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". White Mesa Line Camp, 18"x24", is a scene near Ramah, New Mexico. Line camps were an integral part of managing large ranches. They were outlying cabins with corrals that enabled cowboys to stay da…

• STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN. 1027180755

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 48" x 1 1/2". This scene is of "big weather" rolling across the Taos Plateau during the monsoon season. The scale of the storm really does make you stop, look and listen.

• Refracted. 0910181937_resized

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• Reflections #7.

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24"

• RIVER REFLECTIONS #6

  Oil, Canvas, "12" x 24"

• A VERY GOOD DAY #2 DSC_7879

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AFTERNOON

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10"

• HIGH NOON

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• TEXAS HILL COUNTRY #1

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12"

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• TEXAS HILL COUNTRY #4

  Oil, 9" x 12"

• Oregon Moon

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Low Tide

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16

• Wimberley Winter Morning DSC_7778

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• 10 mile prairie view DSC_7791

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• WIMBERLEY TREELINE DSC7764

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• DRENCHED DSC7762

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• And Then We Turn. (DSC 7758)

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". A rainy day in Bosque county Texas.

• SAGEBRUSH, WEST OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO DSC_7596

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. SAGEBRUSH (12"x9") is a scene west of the Rio Grande gorge near Taos, New Mexico. Early morning sun is just touching the mountains (near Tres Piedras).

• A Golden View

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Jemez Springs Falls

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11"

• Minnesota Morning Mist

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12". Minnesota Morning Mist depicts a dairy farm on an early winter morning. It gets so cold there that you can't imagine any thing - plant or animal - being able to survive. Even the mist is frozen in…

• Nopal Verde DSC_7619

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. This cactus is just outside the door at Driftwood Art Studio.

• San Angelo DSC_7621

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. This view is west of San Angelo. Spring rain turned the pasture green for a few days and it glowed in the afternoon sun.

• Sunrise Near Fredericksburg DSC_7622

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. This painting is of an early morning view just north of Fredericksburg, Texas on the road to Enchanted Rock.

• Rain Soaked Pasture. IMG_20230926_084242076 (1)

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0,125

• The Golden Hour. 0750a

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". The morning sun is just beginning to break through the low clouds.

• Blending

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0.125

• Mountain Rain. MG_20230907_120518904

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12" x 0.125

• Remembering Rockport 1003

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". Remembering Rockport is just that - my memory of the saltgrass, dunes and Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Harvey scoured this section of the Texas coast.

• Letting Go

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0.125

• El Barrio.

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 30". I began oil painting around 1970 when I lived in San Antonio, Texas. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet Jose Vives-Atsara around that time and visit with him in his studio. He wa…

• Raining In Bosque County. jpeg2

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16

• Desert Brush. img-20230223-093047752-hdr-2-l

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10"

• After The Storm.

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". The good earth endures. Our responsibility is to respect it. How can we not understand that.

• AFTER HARVEY, 2017.

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12"

• ON THE PEDERNALES RIVER DSC_6972

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". The Pedernales river near Johnson City, Texas.

• MIST. 7820

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 9". MIST portrays the force of a river finding an outlet. From calm to raw power in an instant.

• Purple Mesa

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0.125

• AFTERNOON WEATHER

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16". Weather is most obvious when it's changing.

• Storm Brewing

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x 0.125

• HIGH NOON DSC_7880

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. HIGH NOON is a study painted to express the time of day on the American plains when nothing moves and the silence is what you notice the most. No wind, shadows or animal life - just the quiet in the…

• STORM CLOUD DSC_7824

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 24"

• GRASSLAND PRAIRIE DSC_7825

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 24". The American prairie extends from Texas into Canada. GRASSLAND PRAIRIE is a scene near the Texas-Oklahoma border. Mountains in the background are in New Mexico.

• Terry's Sunset

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16"

• Young Girl

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12". This painting is a composite of young faces. I wanted to express the shy yet resolute personality many young girls have as they begin to mature.

• SPRING THAW. MG_20240424_082017112

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12" x ,125

• RIVER REFLECTION #3

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• El Bosque

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16"

• West of Abiquiu. DSC_7957

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". This scene is on the road from Abiquiu toward Cuba, This area has a remarkable variety of hills, mesas, canyons and grass fields in any color you can imagine.

• TEXAS HILL COUNTRY #3

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• High Roller

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• River Reflection #1

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Long Time Forgotten. 1330

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". "A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way. The good life he promised ain't what she's living."

• Golden Point Of View DSC7784

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16

• FALL DSC_7595

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". FALL is painted in a nearly abstract style and captures the landscape after a soaking rain as the sun is about to break through the clouds. The scene is near Jim's Driftwood, Texas studio. It depic…

• Small Farm For Sale 91016

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16" x ,125

• Salida, Colorado

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• Big Falls 18"x24"

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24 x 0.125

• Moody Blues. 1231180959a (1)

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". Weather is most noticeable when it's changing and our mood changes with it. Thank back to a time when you experienced the kind of weather depicted in Moody Blues and remember your response to it.

• River Reflection #2

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x 0,125

• Good Fences

  Oil, Canvas, 48" x 36" x 2". Fences are to keep some things in and other things out. Many times they are built to say "this is mine not yours". Fences physically identify the end of something and the beginning of someth…

• The Big Apple 36"x36"

  Oil, Canvas, 36" x 36"