A painter of Texas landscape and wildlife in "interpretive realism," Grant Macdonald was born in Leesburg, Virginia in 1944 and currently lives in New Mexico. Raised in Baird, Texas, he began to draw at age six and took private instruction while in grade school. Macdonald received his BFA from the University of Mississippi in 1966. He served as an officer in the Air Force until 1970, and after that received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1971 Macdonald moved to Kerrville in the Texas Hill Country where he gained widespread recognition for his landscapes and wildlife art. More recently MacDonald has expanded his range of subject matter to include places he and his wife love to explore, such as the coast of New England and the cities and countryside of France. He has participated in several major exhibitions, including the American Art Classic and the Western Heritage Sale in Houston, the Collector's Sale in Dallas, and major auctions in Santa Fe.