Pacific Northwest | James McGrew

• Sunset Over Tahoma

  Oil, linen on board, 11 x 14. Some of the most spectacular fall color I have seen in the western US occurs at Mount Rainier National Park. Most of us may think of fall color with the vast forests of deciduous broadleaf…

• Auroroa Over Crater Lake, May 10, 2024

  Oil, Linen on birch ply, 16 x 12. Mid day on May 10, 2024, I finished up a painting of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Valley after a week of plein air painting and was planning to head home to Oregon and spend some time wit…

• Tahoma Above Myrtle Falls, October

  Oil, linen on board, 11 x 14. I have always loved this view and composition from a popular trail at the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park. I will be using this plein air painting as a reference for a larger s…

• Study for Multnomah Falls Stoller Commission

  Oil, linen on board, 16 x 12

• Summer Morning at Chinook Pass

  Oil, linen on board, 10.75 x 13.75. I woke up at dawn and headed to Chinook Pass area, then hiked with my painting gear up to this view overlooking a subalpine tarn and the eastern side of Mt. Rainier as wildflowers add…

• A Glimpse of the Tatoosh Range, Autumnn Clearing

  Oil, linen on board, 8 x 12. A Late September Snow Storm triggered a quick change of fall color in Late September in Mount Rainier National Park. Here I hiked up the trail as the storm clouds and fog cleared just enough…

• Early October Journey

  Oil, linen on board, 12 x 16. I scrambled to a favorite place in a wonderland of scarlet huckleberries and yellow spirea that lead my eye to the lake and massive Mt. Rainier in the distance.

• Autumn Larches and Huckleberries, North Cascades

  Oil, linen on board, 11 x 14. This was painted en plein air on a special hike to an eastern portion of North Cascades National Park as the subalpine larches turned bright yellow and the alpine tundra was painted scarlet…

• Autumn Carpet of Color for Tahoma

  Oil, linen on board, 10 x 16. Although frosty nights and an early season snow storm triggered the beautiful fall colors in the higher elevations of Mount Rainier National park, this beautiful early October day had me pa…

• Morning Light on Tahoma From an Alpine Tarn in the Tatoosh Range

  Oil, linen on board, 8 x 12. I planned to photograph the Aurora Borealis over Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) and reflected in this remote alpine tarn. I spent weeks researching the possible locations, scouting the routes and plan…

• Autumn at Paradise

  Oil, linen on board, 12 x 18. I painted this piece over two separate mornings about a year apart at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park.

• Mount Hood Rises Above the Columbia

  Oil, Linen, 50 x 80. This painting was a commission by Bill Stoller of Stoller Family Estate which produces some of the best wines wines of the Willamette Valley's esteemed viticultural area. See their website to learn…

• Fall Colors at Chinook Pass, Mount Rainier National Park

  Oil, linen on board, 11 x 14. This was painted en plein air in October, 2020 as the huckleberries painted the hillsides with spectacular scarlet autumn colors.

• Multnomah Falls

  Oil, Linen, 60 x 40. This piece was commissioned by Bill Stoller, owner of Stoller Winery in the Dundee Hills of Oregon's Willamette Valley. Stoller produces some of the world's best Pinot Noir wines and the owners have…

• Soft Light at Cannon Beach

  Oil, linen on board, 9 x 12. Took a trip to one of our favorite places on the Oregon Coast and between playing with my daughters on the beach from afternoon till dark, I managed to paint this scene from our picnic spot.…

• Mt. Hood From Trillium Lake

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 36. This painting was produced as a commission. It was seen in numerous television commercials in an office behind Senator Ron Wyden.

• Coastal Sunrise

  Oil, Panel