Within Everglades-Sunset

Joseph McGurl (b. 1958) is extensively regarded as one of America's leading landscape painters. Designated a 'Living Master' by the Art Renewal Center, his work is often likened to the great 19th century luminist painters, but with a modern sensibility to style and subject. Informed by his muralist father and time as a sailor, his work captures marine and landscape scenes across the eastern coast. He depicts these landscapes en plein air which allows him to deeply understand both subject and elements of light, form, space, and color while on site.

McGurl's paintings have been included in several museum exhibitions across the United States. He has had retrospective solo shows at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, and the Saint Botolph Club of Boston. McGurl is an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists and is a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Boston, and has received multiple accolades including the John Singleton Copley Award for Artistic Achievement.