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"Nature is the answer to everything.
I think everything I've made in the name of art is about sunlight & gravity."
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Featured Pieces

The monumental landscapes from Mahaffey’s palette and canvas reflect his high standards of craftsmanship, exploration and invention in a style that is ever evolving. Bridging realism and modernism, Mahaffey has refined a link between aesthetics and environmental concerns.

Autumn Lake
Black Canyon
Canyon Temples
Interiors
Marble Canyon
Mauve Cascade
Oak Canyon (Lake Powell)
Praying Nun
Redwall Crevasse
Summer Lake
Vermillion Prominence
Vishnu Vertical
Upstream / Downstream

Merrill Mahaffey

Western Artist, PAinter, Teacher

A veritable icon of new American west painting, Merrill Mahaffey has sustained more than five decades as a nationally recognized painter known for paintings of realism steeped in modernism.  Not an armchair traveller, he has explored the landscape as a mountain climber, backpacker, fisherman, and skier.  His works are exhibited at some of the nation’s most respected art institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the American Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

His paintings are collected in numerous public and corporate collections nationwide and he continues to be an influence to young artists.  He was honored by the Arizona Historic Society as a Historymaker in 2019.

Mahaffey holds a Bachelor’s degree from Sacramento State University and a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University.