Jean McLean Artworks Gallery

Manny
Oil, Linen panel, 12 x 9. This cool little painting was created for my great granddaughter. Manny is her horse. Together they have developed into quite a team in the show ring and on the trail. I decided to paint parts…
Iguana
Oil, Linen panel, 12 x 16. My daughter has a bearded dragon and my sister had an iguana named “Baby” that she dearly loved for many years. So I have been thinking about painting one of these delightful creatures for qui…
Dead Eye
Oil, canvas panel, 6” x 8”. This painting is currently unframed.
Catching Some Sun: Prairie Rattler
Oil, canvas panel, 9“ x 12“. Professionally Framed and ready-to-hang. I wound up painting this guy because I was influenced by the 2025 political scene. Go figure.
Wading the Shallows: Great Blue Heron
Oil, canvas panel, 12 x 16. This painting captures a quiet moment of concentration as the bird moves with deliberate grace through muted water and reeds. Subtle shifts of blue-gray, ochre, and soft violet give the heron…
Barn Owl
Oil, canvas panel, 16 x 12. This 2025 oil painting features a barn owl rendered in a colorful, representational style, celebrating both the bird’s quiet presence and striking beauty. Rich hues and thoughtful brushwork b…
Skalkaho Pass Montana
Oil, canvas panel, 8” x 6”. This painting is unframed. It is a small creek up along the Skalkaho Pass which is a beautiful, winding road across the Sapphire Mountains in western Montana. This kind of scenery is most com…
Ain’t No Hogwash Here
Oil. More to come
Red Fox Kits
Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. From my memory bank. ‘Nough said. Professionally framed and ready to hang.
Late Summer Grass: American Black Bear
Oil, RayMar linen board, 16 x 20. I live in Black Bear country. These are fascinating creatures. This piece was a commissioned piece. I don’t do many of these anymore, but the collector pretty much gave me free rein to…
Fox in Summer
Oil, Linen panel, 6” x 8”. I will probably sell this one unframed. We have had lots of Fox around our place this summer. I painted this as a study in an art class, but it turned out pretty well. Thanks for checking out…
Turkey Vulture
Oil, canvas panel, 7 Inches x 5 Inches. This is a beauty! A very special creature.
No Fear: Mule Deer Buck
Oil, canvas panel, 14” x 11”
Jack Rabbit
hardboard panel, 6” x 4”. Unframed
Fall Colors: Brook Trout
Oil, canvas panel, 14“ x 18“. Professionally framed. This is a male Brookie in all his flamboyant spawning colors
Sleeping Giant
Oil, canvas panel, 6 inches x 8 inches
Shadow Stalker
Oil, Ampersand Gessobord (cradled), 8“ x 8“
Rufous Hummingbird
Oil, Linen panel, 6“ x 8“
Afternoon Drift: Brown Trout
Oil, canvas panel, 8“ x 10“. Contact me to pay with Venmo.
Rainbow Trout
Oil, Classen's oil primed linen, 8“ x 6“
Great Horned Owl
Oil and cold wax, canvas panel, 16“ x 12“. Professionally framed and ready to hang.
American River Otters
Oil and cold wax, canvas panel, 11“ x 14“
Winter Afternoon Visitor: Mute Swan
Oil, Ampersand Panel, 8“ x 6“
Highland Bull
Oil, canvas panel, 6” x 6”
On the Move: Guinea Fowl
Oil, Panel, 8” x 10”. These birds are on a neighboring ranch. And besides being great watch”dogs” always on the alert, they are always on the move!
Out of the Dark: Grizzly Bear
Oil, canvas panel, 16 x 20. Will be sold after professional framing is completed.
“Signs of Spring”
Oil, canvas panel, 11” x 14”. Unframed price. S&H extra.
African Violets
Oil, Ampersand Panel, 7” x 5”. Unframed
Early Spring on Beaver Creek
Oil, Linen, 6 inches x 8 inches. This was a frosty June morning. Not much green yet. Lots of wildlife were out and about though.
Yellow Rose
Oil, Panel, 6" x 8". This was a painting I did as a demo in an oil painting class I taught in the Spring of 2022. Sold it, professionally framed.
Wise Guy
Oil, Panel, 7" x 5". Framed and ready-to-hang. Love the expression.
September Flower Garden, Montana
Oil, canvas panel, 16" x 20". Painted near Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana.
Raven
Oil, Ampersand Gessobord (cradled), 6" x 6" x 1"
Big Water Swim Lessons
Oil, Panel, 16 x 20
Joe's Pond
Oil, Linen panel, 12" x 16". I knew a man in Wyoming who built and maintained his own koi pond. The fish thrived there for years regardless of the weather. Pretty amazing, I'd say. And you'd say so, too, if you'd ever s…
Bald Eagle on the Madison
Oil, Stretched canvas, 20" x 16". Everyone knows the Madison River is one of Montana's blue ribbon trout streams. Even this eagle knows... This one will be shown at the Real Food Market in Helena, Montana from November…
Early Riser
Oil, Classed's oil primed linen, 16 x 12. What can I say, I love birds - all kinds. This one sold to another bird lover.
The Waterman House
Oil, RayMar canvas panel, 12" x 16". This house was part of the Historical Helena tour last fall. I was the host at this particular house and spent a number of hours outdoors greeting and directing visitors and painting…
Mountain Bluebird 2
Oil, Panel, 9" x 12". Bluebirds live and nest here in the summer. This is a male bluebird with the gorgeous intense blue coloration. Females are more brownish grey looking. I painted a bluebird a couple of years ago in…
Abby
Oil, Linen mounted on Gatorfoam, 12" x 9". Abby looks like she just came out of the river. This was a commissioned painting of a beloved pet. Enjoy.
Pallid Sturgeon
Oil, Linen panel, 8 inches x 16 inches. Pallid Sturgeon are endangered species in Montana's Missouri River. Dams have prevented them from reaching some of their traditional spawning grounds. The dams have also changed t…
Summer Heat
Oil, canvas panel, 12" x 16". Summer fun in Montana. Man that day was a real scorcher! Plus there was plenty of heat coming off of that bull...hence, the title of this painting. It's professionally framed and ready to g…
Western Screech Owl
Oil, canvas panel, 14 inches x 11 inches. Surprise! If you look just so in the chokecherry thicket you might just see this owl on an early winter Montana morning.
Lillies in Red
Oil, canvas panel, 14 inches x 11 inches. These flowers bloomed for the first time in my garden this past summer. They simply took my breath away. I saw them and knew I had to paint them. Enjoy!
Reeder's Alley at Dusk
Oil, canvas panel, 6" x 8". I painted this one warm evening in August 2019. Local resident squirrels as well as a neighborhood cat stopped by to offer valuable critiques. As I recall, the cat watched for a while, yawned…
Springtime on Lower Beaver Creek
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. Beaver Creek flows into the Missouri River near American Bar. Beautiful spot.
Of Gold Dust and Dreams...
Oil, canvas panel, 5 inches x 7 inches. Kessler Brewery, Helena, Montana. Nickolas Kessler, an immigrant from Luxembourg, tried his luck with prospecting for gold in the mid 1800's. But, as it turned out, he also knew a…
Signs of the Times
Oil, canvas panel, 11 in x 14 in. This is another landmark feature in East Helena, Montana. Good food and great beer! This was a drizzly August morning. I tried to capture that moisture on the sidewalk. Love the old Coc…
Wild Sunflowers along Trout Creek
Oil, canvas panel, 9" x 12". Every summer these wildflowers bloom across the creek that runs through my front yard here in Montana. I have painted these sunflowers a couple of times and especially enjoy them when they j…
Hibiscus
watercolor, gouache, YUPO, 14 inches x 11 inches. Loved doing this one. It seemed to me it almost painted itself.
Greetings from East Helena
Oil, canvas panel, 9" x 12". This house is on Main Street in East Helena, Montana. Classy house. The owners bought this painting and it hangs in their dining room.
Two Flamingos
Oil, Stretched canvas, 20" x 12". Two Flamingos. I am fascinated by these birds. Somehow I can just feel the heat and the humidity when looking at this painting. This one was done on a gallery wrapped canvas. So I didn'…
Voting in York
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. I painted this one for the York Historical Society, York, Montana. I think it will hang at the Elections Office in Helena for a brief time after the midterm election. Anyway, thi…
House on Main Street
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. The yard decorations for this house are fascinating. This is a neat old house in East Helena, Montana. I left out the rod iron fence so you could get a clear view of the old frei…
Where the Magic Happens: Lewis & Clark Library, East Helena, Montana
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. I have taken my grandchildren to this library since they were toddlers. We started off with "Story Time" on Tuesday mornings for young children. We continued with my grandchildre…
Black Capped Chickadees
Oil, canvas panel, 11" x 14". Black Capped Chickadees live in Montana all year long. They like company and spend a lot of time at bird feeders, especially in winter (which may be starting today from the look of things).…
Trout Creek Summer
Oil, Panel, 12" x 16". Currently unframed. If you are interested in having me arrange the framing for you, please contact me through this site for details.
Where the Bitterroot grow
Oil, Linen mounted on Gatorfoam, 6" x 8". The Bitterroot is the state flower of Montana. When I have found them in early summer, they are usually growing in places that do not seem to be the kinds of places where flower…
Getting Down to Business
gouache and pastel, Paper. This was great fun to paint. First of all, I have always loved chickens. I have had some in the past and found them all to be very interesting and expressive creatures. This rooster has "a loo…
Cabin at Birdseye
Oil, Classen's oil primed linen, 7" x 10" x 1/2" Gatorfoam. This is an old log house that has survived many winters near Helena, Montana. Once more, spring has arrived and the lilacs are in bloom. Oh what tales this hou…
Native Cutthroat
Oil, canvas panel, 10 inches x 8 inches. These trout are Montana natives. These fish make fly fishing awesome. This painting will be at Montana Wild educational and wildlife rehab facility on Broadwater Ave. in Helena M…
Beaver Pond in June
Oil, canvas panel, 9" x 12". This one is professionally framed in a barn wood frame. Beautiful. The day I visited this pond it was a warm and sunny June day. There were tadpoles everywhere! Summer in Montana! There is n…
Cousins at Clark's Bay
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. Ahhh...cousins... There's a special relationship that cousins have. In this particular case these cousins only see each other about once a year, but our family fosters that relat…
Red Pears
Oil, canvas panel, 6" x 8". This was a fairly quick study. These pears were absolutely a beautiful ruby red! I painted these from a photo I took at a still life session with a fellow artist I painted with a few years ag…
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
watercolor, gouache, YUPO, 14 inches x 11 inches. This is a framed and matted piece under clear UV glass. I painted this because I have been awed by the power of water beginning with a trip with my parents to see the Br…
Flowers on My Mind
watercolor and alcohol ink, YUPO, 14" x 11". Framed under museum glass. I painted this one without a " model." Hence the title, Flowers on My Mind. Shipping and handling extra. Contact me for details.
Karen's Garden
Oil, Linen mounted on Gatorfoam, 10 inches x 7 inches. My friend has a wonderful garden, full of all kinds of unique found objects that enhance the overall garden design. Around every corner is another paintable scene.…
No Trespassing (Little Dandy Power House-York, Montana)
Oil, canvas panel, 9" x 12". This is a great old building that stands along the York Road northeast of Helena, Montana. The Little Dandy Powerhouse was built to house the generators that provided power to the residents…
Dahlia
Oil, canvas panel, 9" x 12"
Wildflowers in August
Oil, Linen mounted on Gatorfoam, 6" x 4". These flowers in my garden were started from some seeds I found on wildflowers growing on the top of the Hogback mountain in the Big Belt mountains here in Montana. It took a co…
Two Dot Stage Station
Oil, canvas board, 9" x 12". This is a great historical building in Two Dot, Montana. Even has a piece of curtain left in the old doorway window. Shut your eyes and you can feel the past.
Chokecherry blossoms
Oil, hardboard panel, 7 inches x 5 inches. This painting is professionally framed and ready to hang. Chokecherry shrubs are covered with these blooms in late May or early June up here in the mountains where I live. To m…
Springhouse, Sieben Ranch
Oil, canvas panel, 6" x 8". The Sieben Ranch is a historical ranch in the Helena, Montana area. It remains a working cattle and sheep ranch today. This spring house is located at a site where there are a number of other…
Fire Dogs
Acrylic, Claybord panel, 10 inches x 10 inches x 1.5 inches. The Holter Art Museum in Helena has initiated a fundraising project designed to bring the focus of art into the schools in our community. In this inaugural ev…
Montana Bear Grass
Watercolor, YUPO, 14 x 11. This painting is professionally framed and ready-to-hang. The size noted in the description is the image size, not the framed size. Shipping and handling are extra. Message me for more informa…
Luke and Kate: A point of honor
Oil, Stretched canvas, 16" x 20". This painting was a commission done of two German Shorthair Pointers hunting birds in the fall in Montana. Thanks for looking!
Going-to-the-Sun
Mixed Media, Paper, 12" x 16". This particular work sums up my impression of the wonder of Glacier National Park. In particular I am trying to show what lies beneath the surface - and also the skeletal structure at its…
County Fair
Acrylic, YUPO, 11" x 14". My first official 2016 painting. Hope you enjoy it. I sure enjoyed creating it!
Portrait of Emma
Acrylic, Stretched canvas, 8" x 10". This is a commission, recently completed. Pretty kitty.
Mount Helena
Oil, Linen board by RayMar, 6" x 8". This is a plein air painting of Mount Helena, located in Helena, Montana. Mount Helena is not only an iconic landmark, but offers great hiking and biking opportunities.
Fire Tower
Oil, Stretched canvas, 14" x 11". This is an old structure that used to be pretty common in and around the forests here in Montana and in other parts of the United States. There are still some old ones left, but I don't…
Canary yellow ride
Oil, RayMar canvas panel, 6" x 8". This piece is professionally framed in a shiny black metal frame that beautifully compliments the colors in the painting. I saw this motorcycle at Glacier National Park at a pullout wh…
Stylin'
Oil, canvas board, 8" x 6". Unframed.
Summer Color in the Big Belts
Oil, Stretched canvas, 8" x 10" x 3/4". These mountain wildflowers are typical of Montana in summertime.
Summer Garden
Acrylic, Paper, 12 x 16
Still life with oriental vase
Acrylic, canvas board, 6 x 8. Price is for professionally framed and ready-to-hang piece. Includes shipping and handling in the continental US.
Pansies
Acrylic, canvas panel, 8 x 10
Still Life with watermelon and plums
Acrylic, hardboard panel, 9 x 12. Custom framed and ready-to-hang. Includes S&H in continental US, Alaska and Hawaii.
Orchid Melody
Acrylic, Paper, 11.75 x 21. Donated to The Holter Museum
Flaming Hot: American Flamingo
Oil, canvas panel, 16” x 12”. Price includes professional framing. Ready to hang. Contact me directly to pay with Venmo. I will ship.
Taking it Easy
8” x 10”. This big boy is a Red Angus bull who lives on a ranch not too far from me. I noticed one of his ear tags had the word “Easy” on it, so I figure that’s probably his name. The day I visited him he was definitely…
Full Belly
Oil, 12 x 16. Professionally framed and ready to hang.
Walleye
gouache, transparent water color, acrylic, Paper. Professionally framed and matted under Museum Glass. Ready-to-hang. Looking forward to showing this fish painting to Helena, Montana!
Mountain Bluebird
Oil, Sourcetek Canvas (on Gatorfoam), 6" x 4". Those of you who know me know I love birds. The Mountain Bluebirds show up around my house every year in late April or early May. The males are this brilliant sort of manga…
Headed to High Country: Big Horn Ram
Oil, Linen, 11 x 14
Rooster 2
Oil, canvas panel, 8 inches x 6 inches. Palette knife painting on linen panel. Framed.
Good friends and good fishing
Watermedia, Paper, 12" x 16". Ice fishing is a very big deal in some parts of the country during the coldest winter months. In Montana that happens to be January, February and the first part of March. Ice fishing is alw…
Brown trout 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Full Curls: Big Horn Rams
Oil, Linen panel, 12" x 16"
La ballerine
Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 7. An analogous study.
Black Bear
Oil, canvas panel, 20" x 16"
Pheasant
Oil, canvas panel, 8" x 6"
High Country Coyote
Oil, canvas panel, 11 in x 14 in. Striking image; beautifully framed.
Red Fox
Oil, Cradled Gessobord, 6" x 6" x 1". This is a professionally framed, ready-to-hang miniature oil painting. Please see my blog for more information on this piece.
Moose
Watercolor, Paper. Framed and matted under UV glass. This study was developed as part of a Lian Quan Zhen workshop here in Helena in September. We didn't get these finished during the workshop but I completed mine at my…
Wolverine
Oil, Panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. Professionally framed palette knife painting.
Day Bed
gouache, transparent watercolor, acrylic, YUPO, 20" x 26". Glad this one is done! I used acrylic, gouache, and watercolor. I haven't ever used gouache before, so this one resulted in a steep learning curve. I like the m…
Reef Rider
Watercolor, YUPO, 12" x 14". I am interested in painting all kinds of wildlife, including animals considered threatened or endangered. This piece is beautifully matted and framed under UV glass. The dimensions noted are…
Out of the Dark, Montana-style
Oil, hardboard panel, 8" x 8" x 2". We live in lion country, and I enjoy painting their many expressions. I have had the hair stand up on the back of my neck a time or two when heading back to the house after early morn…