John MacDonald
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Summer Easeoil on linen, 24" x 36"Summer Ease
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Mist over Mt. Hopeoil on prepared aluminum, 16" x 20"Mist over Mt. Hope
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Hoosic Dawnoil on linen, 12" x 16"Hoosic Dawn
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The Clearingoil on linen, 16" x 20"The Clearing
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Wilderness Streamoil on linen, 12" x 18"Wilderness Stream
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Silent Dawnoil on linen, 16" x 20"Silent Dawn
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February Fire and Iceoil on linen, 12" x 16"February Fire and Ice
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Close of the Dayoil on linen, 16" x 20"Close of the Day
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Autumn Blazeoil on linen, 12" x 16"Autumn Blaze
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Sheep Hill, Springoil on linen, 12" x 16"Sheep Hill, Spring
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Blue and Gold, Studyoil on linen, 12" x 16"Blue and Gold, Study
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Sunset Fireoil on linen, 16" x 20"Sunset Fire
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Beyond the Marshoil on linen, 16" x 20"Beyond the Marsh
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Hollow Fields, Studyoil on linen, 8" x 16"Hollow Fields, Study
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July Haze on Greylockoil on linen, 12" x 16"July Haze on Greylock
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Clouds on Greylockoil on linen, 9" x 12"Clouds on Greylock
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Pines at the Clarkoil on linen, 16" x 24"Pines at the Clark
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February Duskoil on linen, 16" x 20"February Dusk
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Whitman Pondoil on linen, 9" x 12"Whitman Pond
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Harmon Pondoil on linen, 9" x 12"Harmon Pond
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Moonrise from Petersburg Pass, Sold
oil on linen, 12" x 18"
Moonrise from Petersburg Pass, Sold -
Taconic Range Sunset, Sold
oil on linen, 12" x 16"
Taconic Range Sunset, Sold -
Winter Solstice, Sold
oil on linen, 16" x 20"
Winter Solstice, Sold -
Spring Hillside, Sold
oil on linen, 8" x 16"
Spring Hillside, Sold -
The Pond, Sold
oil on linen, 16" x 20"
The Pond, Sold -
Solstice Sunset, Sold
oil on linen, 18" x 24"
Solstice Sunset, Sold -
Greylock Snow, Sold
oil on linen, 9" x 12"
Greylock Snow, Sold -
Mauserts Pond, Clarksburg, Sold
oil on linen, 9" x 12"
Mauserts Pond, Clarksburg, Sold -
Moonrise in the Berkshires, Soldoil on linen, 9" x 12"Moonrise in the Berkshires, Sold
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Falling Light, Soldoil on linen, 16" x 20"Falling Light, Sold
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Evening Flow, Sold
oil on linen, 12" x 18"
Evening Flow, Sold
Biography
John attended Washington University in St. Louis where he received a BFA in 1979. Following college, he attended a four month intensive printmaking workshop at the Institute for American Universities in Avignon, France. Returning to the States, he received an MA degree in drawing and painting from Purdue University in 1982.
For nearly twenty years, John worked as both a full-time freelance illustrator and landscape painter. He won awards from Print Magazine as well as having work appear in the Society of Illustrators annual show. Since the late 2000's, he has been painting full time. His paintings can be found in private, corporate, and museum collections throughout North America.
Professional memberships have included the Society of Illustrators, the Illustrators Partnership of America, the National Association of Plein Air Painters, the Graphic Artists Guild, and the Oil Painters of America. He is certified through the Creativity Coaching Association as a creativity coach and brings his coaching experience to his workshops.
Educational Background
1982 – M.A., Painting; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1979 –Institute for American Universities, Avignon, France; printmaking studies
1979 – B.F.A., Illustration; Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Publications
2012 - Plein Air Magazine, "Plein Air Paintings as Training to Overcome Fear." Jan 2013 issue.
2010 - "Point of View," feature article, Berkshire Living magazine, October 2010
2004 - featured in The Art of Der Spiegel, Cover Illustrations over Five Decades, pub. by teNeues, Hamburg.
1998 - featured in Secrets de la Carte a Gratter, by Marco Elliott, pub. 1999 by LTA, Paris
1993 - The Artist’s Magazine (Jan. issue) “Setting Up Shop In The Boondocks”
1992 - The Artist’s Magazine (Feb. issue), “Freelancing From Anywhere”