Paintings By Dave McNally

Dave McNally studied at the Chicago Institute of Fine Art, and his mentors included Jim Wilcox, Scott Christensen, and Zhang Wenxin. The artist’s depictions of the mountains and their inhabitants have been in demand ever since, collected by ambassadors, governors, trusts, banks, and private collectors from around the world. 

Dave’s work has been awarded Finalist status in juried and salon exhibitions of the International Guild of Realism and the Art Renewal Center. In the summer of 1974, at age 21, the aspiring artist drove into Jackson Hole from the south end of the valley. Pulled north by the mountains, he spent his first night at the base of the Teton Range, beneath a fiery sunset, and at that moment decided Jackson was where he would live and paint. 

The next year, he launched his climbing career, with the first of over 200 ascents of the Grand Teton. Returning every summer from his home in Chicago, he explored and painted Jackson Hole until 1980 when, having secured his first gallery representation there, he moved to the valley permanently. 

Residing in the Tetons ever since, Dave has also worked as ski patrol director of Snow King Mountain and an Exum Mountain guide in Grand Teton National Park. He is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the Portrait Society of America. Always inspired by the mountains, Dave never tires of painting the grand vistas and hidden treasures he has grown to intimately know and love.