McPhailArt - The painting and photography artwork of Jeff McPhail
Paintings
For the past several years, my paintings have been of an automotive theme. The majority of these paintings have been given to a charity called Curing Kids Cancer. This charity and it's founders have a special place in our hearts due to our experience with childhood cancer. They take the paintings that I donate, and put them up for bid at Mecum Auctions, where they keep 100% of the proceeds. This is the best way for me to help them raise money for childhood cancer research.
I actually quite enjoy painting many of the classic cars and trucks as there is a good amount of technical portions to make the lines of the automotive design look correct as well as some more artistic approach to make the highlights and shadows work within the painting.
While many of my paintings are automotive related, I do have a few other subjects that I have pursued over the years. If you take a look at my painting gallery, you will also find a few portraits, some animals and some nature type paintings.
Photography
Photography is in my opinion, an addictive hobby. I say that because all of the cool gear with the next best feature lures you in to purchasing probably more equipment than you really need, not to mention always looking for that next great location to photograph. I have let both get the better of me at times, but I have learned to keep it simple. While I did own a brick and mortar photography studio and enjoyed working with people, what you will find in these galleries are the images of things that interest me.
