Jack Whitney Ragland

Painter of Light and Spirit

A passion and reverence for life are communicated through Jack Ragland's oil and acrylic paintings of landscapes, figures, animals, and florals with radiant color and exuberant brush work.

Who’s Who in America lists Jack’s considerable achievements as do seven other prestigious national and international biographical directories.  His artistic career has been followed in newspapers, magazines, television and special publications such as Prize Winning Paintings, Book II; Artists of Central and Northern California, Vol. II, 1991.  American Artist featured Jack in the Oct. 1993 issue.

Jack completed an MA at Arizona State University and three years of post-graduate study at UCLA on a teaching fellowship.  He was the head of the Department of Art at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, for 12 years.  A sabbatical leave in Europe for study, travel, and a successful one-artist show in Vienna, Austria, sparked his dream of returning to California to paint full time.

He has exhibited his works in solo and group shows in galleries from New York to California and has won numerous competitive awards as well.  His works are in private, corporate, and public collections in the USA and Europe, including the following:  the Los Angeles County Museum; the Phoenix Museum; the Albertina Museum; Vienna Austria; the Kunstmueum, Basel, Switzerland; the Bibliotheque National, Paris, France, and many more.

Jack Ragland's works are also represented at Consign Design, Palm Desert, CA.