Although Bonnie McGee has painted since childhood, attending summer classes at the Art Institute of Chicago at age nine, she began to paint full time in 1999 after attending the Plein Air Painters of America workshop in Steamboat Springs. She has studied with Albert Handel, Tucker Smith, Kevin MacPherson, Quang Ho, Scott Christensen and Kathryn Stats. After years of participating in various plein air events including Estes Park, Telluride and Steamboat Springs, in 2014 she captured Best of Show honors at the Plein Air Artists of Colorado Juried Show in Denver. Her studio and plein air paintings hang in corporate and personal collections in the US and abroad. Painting is but one of many passions. McGee is an accomplished sailor, having completed a four and a half year circumnavigation on her 33 foot sailboat via Panama and South Africa. Her inspiring and beautifully crafted book, VOICES ON THE WIND, weaves together photos and stories of remote islanders and how they influenced her view of her own culture. She is still a sought after speaker at sailing events and yacht clubs. On her journey through life, McGee has summited 28 of Colorado’s “Fourteeners,” run seven half marathons, and worked in the British Virgin Islands. She is a passionate powder skier and fly fisher. McGee’s artwork reflects all these passions, but her favorite subject matter captures her love of wild places and the serenity she feels in a grand landscape. Painting slows her down, allowing her to stand quietly observant to the beauty around her. She is represented by Wild Horse Gallery in Steamboat Springs.