GRADY MCDONALD
Painter, 1938-1980

There is a kind of spectral presence that illumines the surface qualities of these paintings with something that is not inherent in the materials and forms alone.
- Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 1979

His imagery goes back to tribal symbols (Cherokee) and the drawings in tepees, shields and drums, all of it taken out of its literal contexts and given an extra thrust of visual meaning through abstraction.
- Alfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Chronicle 1978

Education
Art Students League, New York; The New School, New York; City College, New York; San Francisco Art Institute; M.F.A., University of San Francisco (formerly Lone Mountain College).

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
Two person exhibition with Gustavo Rivera, Exploratorium Studio, Palace of Fine Arts; Solo exhibition, Galeria Museo, San Francisco.