McJerry66

Welcome to McJerry’s Virtual Route 66 Gallery.

I hope you enjoy perusing this selection of watercolors, oils and pencil artwork. Many of these works are to be found at my gallery in Chandler, Ok, while others are examples of past paintings. Please inquire about purchasing available artwork, or scheduling special commissioned works (great for gifts).

McJerry's 66 Gallery
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Here's a snapshot of one of the walls inside my newly remodeled main gallery room.

Price: NA.
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Tucker '48 at Odell Station
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Recently sold to Mr Akio Takeuchi of Osaka, Japan ( Prints on 13 x 19" paper are available at $50 EACH (plus shipping) This 20" x 24" watercolor commemorates my ride down about 10 miles of Route 66 in a rare 1948 Tucker! I had met the owners who were exhibiting this magnificent auto at the Rock n Rods event in Pontiac Illinois. They liked my suggestion that they drive it north to Odell Illinois to pose it in front of the restored Standard station on Route 66. Most Tucker owners won't let you touch their cars, so when I was offered the chance for a ride, I didn't have to think twice.

SOLD

"Whiting Bros Pump"
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Watercolor @9.5" x 13.5 " Whiting Bros was a long-lived independent gas station chain, which ranged along 1,200 miles of Route 66. This example, at Newberry Springs, Ca, remains as a reminder.

Price: $1,300 (plus shipping/crating) SOLD.
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"SSR at the Blue Swallow"
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To publicize the release of the SSR sports pickup, Chevy flew 20 artists from around the country up to Detroit, to meet the designers and photograph the number one production car. We each chose our own setting for our painting, so of course I pictured the SSR in front of the famed Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM. This painting, plus 3 others from the region, were auctioned along with SSR serial number 7 The full sized drawing I prepared before the watercolor is for sale in my gallery-please inquire

Price: Prints on 13x19" paper are available at $50 each plus shipping) (the original painting is SOLD..but the full size pencil drawing is available. INQUIRE).
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"Soulsby's Shell Station"
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Watercolor @9" x 12" Soulsby's Station opened in Mt Olive Illinois on old Route 66 in 1926, the same year that 66 recieved its designation. Although Mr Soulsby has passed on, his station has been restored to dazzling glory.

Price: $1,200 (plus shipping/crating) SOLD.
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"Standard Station, Sayre, OK"
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Oil on canvas 21" x 36" A typical scene at a typical Route 66 gas station in Sayre, OK. One of my specialties is incorporating "toothy" close ups of fifties cars in the foreground of Route 66 scenes. As in this case, I enjoy meticulously "restoring" classic Route 66 settings to their orignal appearance, through old photos and postcards.

Price: SOLD ( for $5,000) to a Japanese collector. (prints on 13x19" paper are STILL AVAILABLE at $50 each (plus shipping).
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