Artwork copyright Ron McGaughey. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Whitestone, 2000

Ron McGaughey
American (born 1960)

Location: Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia

About the Artwork

The impressionistic painting Whitestone depicts a large boulder set into the Columbia River in Central Washington near Lake Roosevelt. Artist Ron McGaughey states that when landscape painting he is "attracted to near and far, dark and light, and warm and cool. Lying dormant between these contraries is an eccentric middle ground that can generate compelling form."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Washington State Arts Commission.

About the Artist

Central Washington-based painter Ron McGaughey creates gestural and impressionistic compositions that celebrate the Northwest landscape. He prefers to paint on-site and outdoors.