Born Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and living in several states while growing up, Jim Daly experienced many of the scenes that appear in his paintings. After his discharge from the Army in 1960 and with a growing family to support, he worked in the defense industry. He kept his dream alive of becoming a professional artist by coming home and painting long into the night. Daly enrolled in the Art Center College of Design and soon began selling his paintings. He was finally able to give up his “day job” and concentrate full time on his artistic career.

Throughout Daly’s career, emotion has been the key to his success. Jim says, “Emotion is probably the key to everything I do. An emotionally conceived painting is going to project itself to the viewer more than a painting where your only interest is in shapes, and forms, and brush strokes. They all have their place; they are all important in making meaningful art, but I don’t see anything wrong with telling a story. I try to keep the story understated. I don’t want to overstate and give the viewer too much information. I want to pull back a bit and leave something to the viewers’ imagination so they can participate in the painting and make their own discoveries. His paintings of American genre are represented in many private and corporate collections and have received numerous awards. His paintings also appear in the permanent collections of the Favell Museum in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the U.S. Marshall Historical Society, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and The Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Articles about Daly have appeared in Southwest Art, Art West, Art of the West and American Artist magazines. U.S. Art magazine named him a "Hall Of Fame" Inductee in 1992, and listed his limited edition print "Favorite Gift" as the number 20 best seller of that year. Daly was also named as one of the top 20 favorite artists in a U.S. Art magazine poll of gallery owners. Daly is also listed in Contemporary Western Art, published by Southwest Art. Print publishers Mill Pond Press and The Greenwich Workshop reproduced his work in limited edition prints for over 20 years.

Throughout Daly has toured across the U.S. and Canada giving lectures and seminars about his art and taught at the Scottsdale Artist’s School. He presently exhibits at Lahaina Galleries and at art shows throughout the country. He is also an elected member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artist’s  www.westrendart.org Jim’s paintings were used as book illustrations in, “Mother, I Love You” published by Baker Book House Co. and “Sugarbush Spring” published by Lothrop, Lee and Shephard, a division of William F. Morrow (now Harper Collins Publishing). “Sugarbush Spring” was selected by the Ohio Farm Bureau to receive their 2002 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Award for Children’s Literature. A number of books by Jim Daly have been published by Harvest House Books www.harvesthousepublishers.com including “What Little Boys are Made Of” and “Mother Do You Remember When”. Several of Jim’s books have sold well over 100,000 copies. In addition, publishers have printed foreign editions because of their popularity.

AWARDS

• Merit Awards, the Mill Pond Press Award, and the "People's Choice" Awards at the Western Rendezvous of Art Peoples Choice Awards 1981, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007. Merit—1980 and 1988
• The Favell Museum's 1993 Western Heritage Award for excellence in portraying realistically and accurately early Americana.
• Paintings appear in the permanent collections of the Favell Museum in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the U.S. Marshall Historical Society, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and The Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
• Articles have appeared in Southwest Art, Art West, Art of the West and American Artist magazines.
• U.S. Art magazine named me a "Hall Of Fame" Inductee in 1992, and listed my limited edition print "Favorite Gift" as the number 20 best seller of that year.
• Named as one of the top 20 favorite artists in a U.S. Art magazine poll of gallery owners.
• Listed in Contemporary Western Art published by Southwest Art. • Elected member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists. WWW.WESTRENDART.ORG
• Presently exhibiting at Lahaina Galleries lgi@maui.net and at art shows throughout the country.
• Published in limited edition prints for over 20 years, by such publishers as Mill Pond Press and The Greenwich Workshop. Paintings used as illustrations in the following books,
• “Mother, I Love You” published by Baker Book House Co.; • A number Jim Daly books published by Harvest House Publishers www.harvesthousepublishers.com including “What Little Boys are Made Of” and “Mother Do You Remember When”
• "Sugarbush Spring” published by Lothrop, Lee and Shephard, a division of William F. Morrow (now Harper Collins Publishing).
• “Sugarbush Spring” was selected by the Ohio Farm Bureau to receive their 2002 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Award for Children’s Literature.