Benjamin McCready

Benjamin McCready

Benjamin Donald McCready (born August 14, 1951) is an American portrait painter.

Ben McCready was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has painted more than 600 commissioned portraits. Notable portrait clients include President Gerald R. Ford, President Ronald W. Reagan, President George H. W. Bush, President James Earl Carter, Robert Redford, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Douglas, US Open/Wimbledon tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt, Mark McCormack (founder/chairman, IMG/International Management Group), Wayne Gretzky, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, U.S. Congressman Robert Kastenmeier, J. Peter Grace, John Dorrance, President Robben Fleming (University of Michigan), President Derek Bok (Harvard University), and President Harlan Hatcher (University of Michigan). He has lived in Whitewater, Wisconsin [ [http://www.discoverwhitewater.org/thingstodo/recreation_itinerary_art_aficionado.htm Whitewater - Recreation & Sports ] ] since 1990 with his wife, Anne Gray McCready, and their son Bo.

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* [http://www.benmccready.com Website]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=Benjamin+McCready&date_select=full&srchst=nyt New York Times Feature Article]
* [http://www.engr.wisc.edu/alumni/perspective/28.2/artist.html University of Wisconsin Press]
* [http://www.cjonline.com/stories/062302/art_portraits.shtml National Associated Press Feature Article]
* [http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/68309.php Wisconsin State Journal]


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