by Darrel McPherson
Oil on Canvas
8” x 10”
McPherson has painted constantly from 1970 to the present. His background in art started at Indiana University and his work later transformed in Memphis. He moved from abstract to Impressionism during 1988 from viewing of a small paint sketch by Pissarro. “When I saw for the first time the power of feeling of an afternoon in the French countryside so long ago, I realized the spirit of a work can be more than the image.” His last breakthrough occurred in 2006 that transformed his art, leading to his present work.
Darrel McPherson paints the California landscape with an infectious vitality and a deep sense of place. Working in oil on canvas, McPherson builds his scenes with richly textured, impasto-influenced brushwork — vivid greens, golden yellows, and coastal blues layered with spontaneous energy that captures the warmth and light of the California outdoors. His landscapes feel genuinely lived-in and observed, painting coastal bluffs, wind-bent trees, and sun-drenched hillsides with the confident hand of an artist who knows his subject intimately. Each work radiates the relaxed, luminous beauty that makes California landscape painting a perennially beloved tradition.
“I’m just an artist that likes to paint. I also love music on a spring day. With all the strife going on in our world, it’s nice to find beauty. I seek this beauty and wonder in my art. Within this beauty of our world at the very core of reality is vibration. This vibration makes our world, our existence. We are made of music.”
by Darrel McPherson
Oil on Canvas
8” x 10”
McPherson has painted constantly from 1970 to the present. His background in art started at Indiana University and his work later transformed in Memphis. He moved from abstract to Impressionism during 1988 from viewing of a small paint sketch by Pissarro. “When I saw for the first time the power of feeling of an afternoon in the French countryside so long ago, I realized the spirit of a work can be more than the image.” His last breakthrough occurred in 2006 that transformed his art, leading to his present work.
Darrel McPherson paints the California landscape with an infectious vitality and a deep sense of place. Working in oil on canvas, McPherson builds his scenes with richly textured, impasto-influenced brushwork — vivid greens, golden yellows, and coastal blues layered with spontaneous energy that captures the warmth and light of the California outdoors. His landscapes feel genuinely lived-in and observed, painting coastal bluffs, wind-bent trees, and sun-drenched hillsides with the confident hand of an artist who knows his subject intimately. Each work radiates the relaxed, luminous beauty that makes California landscape painting a perennially beloved tradition.
“I’m just an artist that likes to paint. I also love music on a spring day. With all the strife going on in our world, it’s nice to find beauty. I seek this beauty and wonder in my art. Within this beauty of our world at the very core of reality is vibration. This vibration makes our world, our existence. We are made of music.”
