Kevin John MacDonald

Kevin John MacDonald (2 July 1946 – 2 June 2006) was a Washington DC–based artist best known for his large scale drawings in color pencil. The artist is also known for oil paintings and fine art prints, especially lithography and silkscreen printing.

Life and work MacDonald received his BA from George Washington University in 1969 and also studied art at the now closed Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. In 1992 he taught briefly at the Corcoran and at Montgomery College in Takoma Park MD. MacDonald was a long-time resident of Silver Spring MD.

MacDonald served on the board of directors of the Washington Project for the Arts for six years, including two as board president. He was also a long time contributor to Washington Arts Museum's activities.

MacDonald died of kidney cancer on 2 June 2006. He died at the Casey House hospice facility in Montgomery county Maryland. Smithsonian American Art Museum The Phillips Collection Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University City of Washington DC, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank