In 1876, Charles Goodnight opened the JA ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon. At its peak, the ranch supported more than 100,000 head of cattle. Col. Goodnight operated the ranch until 1890.
Although only a fraction of its original size, the JA Ranch remains a working ranch today. Charley may be gone, but the icons of the ranch remain. Kenny has captured the soul of Charley and his ranch in this fine painting.
Oklahoma artist Kenny McKenna is one of America's finest landscape artists. Painting in oil, Kenny's American landscapes are breathtaking in their majesty and beauty. His subject matter is America's land and its spirit-from the dramatic Santa Elena Canyon of the Big Bend, the Palo Duro Canyon, the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon to the Arizona desert. Each piece is a very special painting that captures in a moment the timeless beauty of our great nation.
1995 - present: Thomas Gilcrease Museum Art in Miniature Exhibit, Tulsa, OK
2005 - present: NatureWorks Wildlife Show & Sale, Tulsa, OK
2006 - present: Night of Artists Sale & Gala, San Antonio, TX
Hosted by the National Western Art Foundation & the Dolph Briscoe Western Art Museum
2008 - present: Panhandle-Plains Invitational, Canyon, TX
Achievements/Honors
Art of the West feature in March/April issue of 2005
Feature in upcoming March/April issue of 2010, Art of the West
Selected artist for the 2006 Oklahoma Artist Series by C. Kendric Fergeson, national treasurer for Americans for the Arts and a 2009 Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee
Award of Excellence recipient in 2005, 2006, 2007 at the NatureWorks Wildlife Show and selected unanimously as feature artist for the 2010 show Western Art Collector, May 2008, referenced the Night of Artists Sale & Gala with a statement by then executive director Darrell Beauchamp..."I could have sold twice as many pieces of work by Kenny McKenna."
Panhandle-Plains Invitational, 2008 and a first year participant, received the show’s only honor, the Lead Steer Award
