This is the painting and text is from my ongoing project Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings — California Golden Bear extinct cira...

This is a painting and text of one of animals in my ongoing project Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings — Chinese Pangolin– critically...

This is one of the paintings and text from my ongoing project Extinct and Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings — Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit —...

The following is one of the paintings and text from my ongoing project Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings. American Peregrine Falcon,...

This painting and text are from my ongoing project, Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings. Mamo, 12″ X 12″, acrylic on paper, 2014, Mark...

Below is the painting and text of one of the creatures in my ongoing project, Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings. Elkhorn Coral, 12″...

Below is the painting and text of one of the animals in my ongoing project, Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings. Black-footed Ferret,...

Below is the painting and text of one of the animals in my ongoing project, Extinct & Almost Extinct: 50 Paintings. Takhi, 12″ X12″,...

Below are a few of the watercolor sketches I did in the Death Valley region. Patricia and I recently spent two weeks enjoying the area....

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney...

The Kickstarter project for my new painting series “Extinct: 50 Paintings” has been a great success and is 160% funded. But I would like...

I have decided to do something a bit different for my new project Extinct: 50 Paintings. I have designed a Kickstarter to go with the...

Gitanjali 82, acrylic on paper, 9″ X 9″, 2003, Mark W. McGinnis For better or worse I have always had a desire for understanding. In...

(This lecture began in a dream and continued into wakefulness where I could not stop giving the lecture) “Good morning incoming painting...

From the research done on our two week stay at Joshua Tree National Park in January,  I have created the following eight black ink...

This little book is a series of 24 paintings of ponderosa pines from three regions — the Black Hills, the Grand Canyon, and Idaho. It is...

Artist’s Statement Joshua Tree National Park is found in south central California, located in the southern end of the Mojave desert and...

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney...

available at amazon.com paperback or kindle Artist’s Statement Version Two uses the same leaf paintings as Poplar Leaf Study: Version One...

Artist’s Statement Walking down a dirt trail that follows the Boise River on a lovely fall day — what could be better? The warm sun is on...