JIM MORGAN

“Great art begins with a keen eye—one that sees beyond the grand landscape and finds meaning in the quiet, overlooked moments of nature. When you trust that vision, light, rhythm, and harmony reveal themselves in ways no composition can ever improve upon.”
Jim Morgan

Play the video to hear the artist share the story behind this painting

After Hours 30×60 oil $40,000

yes! I would like to purchase
yes! I would like to purchase

Selected Awards & Honors

A consistent presence in the country's most respected invitational shows, including the Prix de West and National Academy of Western Art (Oklahoma City), Masters of the American West at the Autry Museum, the Coors Western Art Show, Buffalo Bill Western Art Show, and Night of Artists at the Briscoe. His wildlife work has been featured at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum's Birds in Art nearly every year from 1982 through 2002, along with The Artists' View (1990–1996) and Wildlife — The Artist's View (1990). He's also shown regularly with the Northwest Rendezvous (Helena), Society of Animal Artists (New York), Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson), Artists of America (Denver), Living Legends and Young Brushes (Algonquin Park, 1997–2000), the C.M. Russell Museum, Great American Artists (Cincinnati), American Art in Miniature (Tulsa), American Masters (New York), Maynard Dixon Country, the Oil Painters of America's Allure of Water, Wildlife Art Masters at the Steamboat Art Museum, and the Eiteljorg Museum.

MEMBERSHIPS

National Academy of Western Art, Northwest Rendezvous Group, Society of Animal Artists, and Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA).

COLLECTIONS

Held in numerous private and public collections, including the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (Wausau), Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody), National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson Hole), and Montana Historical Museum (Helena).

RECOGNITIONS

  • Robert M. Lougheed Memorial Award, Prix de West (2025 and 1994)

  • Prix de West Purchase Award (2025)

  • Named Master Wildlife Artist, Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (2008)

  • Red Smith Artists' Choice Award, National Museum of Wildlife Art (1996, 2007, 2012)

  • Ben Stahl Artists' Choice Award, Northwest Rendezvous (1993, 1995, 2008)

  • People's Choice Award, National Museum of Wildlife Art (2006)

  • John Scott People's Choice Award, Northwest Rendezvous (1996)

  • Juror's Award, Northwest Rendezvous (1993)

  • Award of Merit, Society of Animal Artists