About the work

Pyramid Lake, Nevada — America’s most beautiful desert lake, by Arizona artist Mick McGinty. Mick’s rising recognition among notable American southwest artists includes his participation in the 2020 invitational 12th annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art.

About the artist…

Arizona artist Mick McGinty’s career spans more than 30 years as one of America’s top-tier illustrators. His widely published artwork includes visuals for such high-profile clients as the National Football League, Universal Studios, MTV, McDonalds, Adidas, and Time Magazine. 

In recent years, Mick attributes a shift in his creative focus to inspiration he found in the works of Ernest Blumenschein and Maynard Dixon, who, like Mick, enjoyed successful illustration careers before being drawn to the American Southwest to paint landscape. 

Born and raised in Nebraska, Mick relocated to California where his art career became grounded in strong academic training at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After graduating with Great Distinction in 1979 he honed his artistic skills in the highly competitive field of commercial illustration, beginning with a key role at one of the busiest design studios in Los Angeles.

For several years Mick painted alongside renowned illustrators amidst a steady traffic of Hollywood stars and musicians. His work included some of the most recognized illustrations in American advertising, and was featured on numerous album covers, movie posters, and in major corporate ad campaigns. These efforts eventually earned Mick a Clio award nomination. 

Today Mick’s focus revolves around the pleasure he derives from painting landscapes in the Southwest and West, including locations at Lake Tahoe and America’s most prized national parks. The solitude and scenery he enjoys on these painting trips have been a significant factor in his work evolving toward a more impressionistic and intuitive style, yielding exquisitely colorful and atmospheric works like Pyramid Lake, Nevada.

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