Mahaffey, Merrill

Merrill Mahaffey was born in 1937 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. By the age 8, Mahaffey was already creating color pencil drawings of landscapes near his family home in Grand Junction, Colorado. His college training includes: Mesa Junior College in Grand Junction, Colorado; California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland; Sacramento State University, California where he earned his Bachelor of Art degree in 1959; and Arizona State University where Merrill Mahaffey received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1965.

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Merrill Mahaffey: Landscape Painter - Epi. 80, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

Merrill Mahaffey: Landscape Painter - Epi. 80, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

Seasoned landscape painter and geological aficionado Merrill Mahaffey sits down with our host Dr. Mark Sublette to revisit the defining moments of his career as a painter and as a professor of the arts. Merrill tells of uranium mines and working as a cowboy in 1950's Colorado, as well as the various characters he met through his skill with the brush including (but not limited to) Fritz Scholder, Eric Fischl,Greg Kondos, Wayne Thiebaud, and Elaine Horowitz.