CAA Artist
Mikel Donahue
- CAA Member since
- 2016
- Born
- March 19, 1956
- Education
- University of Tulsa
A multiple award winning member of the Cowboy Artists of America, artist Mikel Donahue is best known for his impeccable depictions of cowboy life. His drawings and paintings portray ranchers and their livestock during the day-to-day ritual of sun-up to sun-down work on the ranch. What may seem as mundane chores are captured and translated through his artistic style into moments of meaning and reflection.
Donahue, who was born and raised in Tulsa, was taught about life on the ranch by his paternal grandfather who raised cattle in northcentral Oklahoma. It was Donahue's maternal grandfather who exposed him to western art at an early age with memorable trips to Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum and what was then the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Fascinated both by life on the ranch and the iconic art by the likes of Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington, as an adult, Donahue has become a perfect amalgam of his influences with a life breeding racing quarter horses with his wife Christie on their place outside Broken Arrow and an award-winning career in the arts.
CAA Awards Won
- 2025 – Mixed Media Award – Gold
- 2024 – R. Watson Boots True West Award
- 2024 – Mixed Media Award – Silver
- 2023 – Mixed Media Award – Gold
- 2023 – Mixed Media Award – Silver
- 2022 – Mixed Media Award – Gold
- 2022 – Ray Swanson Memorial Award
- 2022 – Water Solubles Award – Silver
- 2021 – Anne W. Marion Best Of Show Award
- 2021 – Mixed Media Award – Gold
- 2021 – Water Solubles Award – Gold
- 2019 – Drawing And Other Media – Gold
- 2019 – Drawing Award – Gold
- 2019 – Other Media Award – Gold
- 2019 – Water Solubles Award – Silver
- 2018 – Other Media Award – Silver
- 2017 – Water Solubles Award – Silver
Artwork
Mikel Donahue
A Day In The Life
20″x32″ · $25000
Mikel Donahue
Young Guns
9″x12″ · $2100
Mikel Donahue
Watchful Eyes
22″x30″ · $20500
Mikel Donahue
Moving The Remuda – SOLD
18″x42″ · $28500
Mikel Donahue
Luna de Verano (Summer Moon) – SOLD
24″x40″ · $24500
Mikel Donahue
How High The Moon
20″x32″ · $23500
Mikel Donahue
Hidden Asset
24″x30″ · $25500
Mikel Donahue
Ain’t The Years, It’s The Miles – SOLD
15″x20″ · $7500
Mikel Donahue
A CO Bar Ranch Horse – SOLD
8 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ · $575
Mikel Donahue
Teller of Tall Tales – SOLD
18″x24″ · $7500
Mikel Donahue
Knot Tying 101 – SOLD
27″ x 40″ · $28500
Mikel Donahue
Numu Waipu (One Comanche Woman)
20″ x 15″ · $15500
Mikel Donahue
Morning’s Glow
18″ x 30″ · $21300
Mikel Donahue
Dealin’ With Ornery – SOLD
20″ x 34″ · $25500
Mikel Donahue
Arizona Cowboy
28″ x 14″ · $8700
Mikel Donahue
Mr. Dependable – SOLD
10″ x 10″ · $1800
Mikel Donahue
Night Riders – SOLD
20″ x 30″ · $24500
Mikel Donahue
Chillin’ – SOLD
20.5″H x 11″W · $7500
Mikel Donahue
That’s The Spot! – SOLD – SOLD
11 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ · $1200
Mikel Donahue
Sorting Pairs – SOLD – SOLD
20″ x 30″ · $16500
Mikel Donahue
Summer’s Relief – SOLD – SOLD
20″ x 30″ · $13500
Mikel Donahue
Pick of the Remuda – SOLD – SOLD
22″ x 30″ · $19500
Mikel Donahue
When Tracks Get Muddied – SOLD – SOLD
18″ x 24″ · $12000
Mikel Donahue
The Runaway – SOLD – SOLD
24″ x 24″ · $18500
Mikel Donahue
Sacred Gift – SOLD – SOLD
13 1/2″ x 22″ · $4800
Mikel Donahue
Raggedy Ann – SOLD – SOLD
14″ x 18 1/2″ · $7500
Mikel Donahue
Rough Country – SOLD – SOLD
24H x 32 1/2W · $19500
Mikel Donahue
For Want Of A Nail – SOLD – SOLD
22H x 30W · $18500
Mikel Donahue
Just One Of Those Days – SOLD – SOLD
15H x 20w · $7500
Mikel Donahue
Ropin’ A Wild One – SOLD – SOLD
24H x 38 1/2 W · $25500
Mikel Donahue
Coffee ‘n Biscuit – SOLD – SOLD
15 3/8 x 24 · $13500
Mikel Donahue
Plum Tuckered Out – SOLD OUT – SOLD
$1200
Mikel Donahue
Ahead Of The Rains – SOLD – SOLD
24H x 33 1/2W · $19500
Mikel Donahue
Saddle Pals – SOLD – SOLD
$9500
Mikel Donahue
The Hired Hand Colt
22″ x 28″ · $11500
Mikel Donahue
Moving Along
20″ x 30″ · $14500
Mikel Donahue
Poker Night
22″ x 32″ · $18500
Mikel Donahue
The Bolter
20″ x 28″ · $9500
Mikel Donahue
Burning Daylight
$16500