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Dal Macon February Oil on canvas, 25 x 33 inches

Dal Macon sold Spring Wetland Oil on canvas, 24 x 14 inches

Dal Macon Blue Hole Oil on canvas, 24 x 14 inches

Dal Macon Box Elder by the Bank Oil on canvas, 24 x 14 inches

Dal Macon A Clearing Oil on canvas, 24 x 13 inches

Dal Macon Down Up Oil on canvas, 19 x 14 inches

Dal Macon At the Edge Oil on canvas, 23 x 13 inches

Dal Macon Early May Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 inches

Dal Macon Early Summer Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 inches

Dal Macon June Green Oil on canvas, 19 x 12 inches

Dal Macon Summer Solstice Oil on canvas, 35 x 37 inches

Dal Macon Late August Oil on canvas, 20 x 13 inches

Dal Macon Late Summer Oil on canvas, 12" x 14"

Dal Macon Late September Oil on canvas, 12" x 14"

Dal Macon sold November Bluestem Oil on canvas, 21 x 13 inches

Dal Macon Saturday Morning Oil on canvas, 31 x 39 inches

Bach Oil on linen • 16" x 25"

Blue Bowl Oil on linen • 16 1/2" x 20 1/2"

Landscape II Oil on panel • 14" x 21"

WORKS SOLD

About the Artist

Dal Macon is a Realist painter who works mostly by observation on site. His paintings consist of rich, detailed landscapes and interior views. Each canvas progresses over a number of years as he paints only when the light and conditions are just right. He draws our attention to the simple beauty of light striking a wall or lawn, shadows playing against curtains, a tablecloth, or dappling trees. The results are mesmerizing as the paintings are infused with time and thought, as well as mastery. He lives with his wife in rural Whitley County, Kentucky, where they raised two children in a house he built in a beautiful setting. Macon has been employed teaching art in area colleges and as an artist in community programs.

Macon was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a BA degree in philosophy from Vanderbilt University in 1971. From 1975 to 1978 Macon attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to study with Realist painter William Nichols. He earned an MFA from Vermont College in 1993. Macon has been awarded prizes in several juried exhibition, such as the Water Tower Annual sponsored by the Louisville Visual Art Association and the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. Macon was featured with fourteen other Kentucky artists in the KET (Kentucky Educational Television) series, Looking At Painting. His work is included in several private and corporate collections.

Artist's Statement

My specific resources for these works come from aspects of the visual world that surround me -- the rural/wooded setting is one and the home is another. In addition, a number of art styles and time periods influence my orientation. From the Dutch Baroque, the technique in handling oils and the common subject have always fascinated me. The allegiance to optical color of Impressionism and the flat picture plane of the 20th Century have both won my respect for their visual strength. Last, but not least, has been the many forms of recent Contemporary Realism in its ongoing pursuit of applying 'Modern Abstract Art' principles to realistic subjects. I believe my art to be a mixture of the above styles -- choosing what is most personal for my seeing and my art.

Dal Macon, 2010