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In her 44-year career as a professional painter, Judith Mackey has established herself as the preeminent Kansas Flint Hills Painter. Mackey, a leading plein air artist, paints that which is most familiar to her—the unique landscape of the tall grass prairie, working cowboys, and the ranch life that surrounds her rural Chase County home. Today, Judith is legendary in the arts world for her dedication to painting her beloved Flint Hills and Chase County.

A native Kansan, Judith’s early artistic style was influenced by some of the leading Western artists whose work she began to study in the 1960s. When she settled in Chase County a few years later, Judith’s interest in the Flint Hills began. Since then she has devoted much of her life to visually documenting the history and rare beauty of the land where she lives and works.

Throughout her career, Judith has produced an extraordinary body of work that has won her many honors. One of the most notable is her induction into the American Royal Western Art Association in 1988. She holds the distinction of being the first woman and the first Kansan to attain this honor. Her work hangs in the Kansas State Capitol and is part of the permanent collection of Cedar Crest, the official residence of the Governor. Judith’s oil paintings are prized by private and corporate collectors worldwide.