Three artworks by James Lancel McElhinney—two paintings and one drawing—have entered the permanent collection of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, which is a facility of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. The museum holds than 10,000 objects including the most comprehensive collection of artworks by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). McElhinney purchased a home in the Champlain Valley in 2020, with his wife Katherine Manthorne PhD, who is a noted scholar of Art of The Americas.

McElhinney received an MFA in Painting from Yale and completed his undergraduate work at Tyer School of Art. He is also an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. McElhinney is a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollock Krasner Foundation. He is the author of six books on painting and drawing, and numerous essays on various subjects in periodicals and peer-reviewed journals. McElhinney’s artwork can be found in the collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art, Asheville Art Museum, Chrysler Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, New York Public Library, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, West Point Museum, Yale Beinecke Rare Book Library, and the Hudson River Museum, where he now sits on the Board of Trustees. In 2024 he established a studio in the Town of Jay, not far from Rockwell Kent’s farm Asgaard.

MORE ABOUT THE MUSEUM:https://www.mcelhinneyart.com/jlmcelhinney/a-visit-to-plattsburgh-state-museum/

Details about the individual works will appear in subsequent posts