Sean McCabe RIP

[Jason_Martin]

I just came across this on Supertopo this morning:

 

Sean McCabe of Winthrop, WA passed away this morning after a courageous battle with thyroid cancer. His wife Laura and his 2 beautiful little girls Novie and Dashe were at his side. Sean was an accomplished alpine and rock climber, loving husband and father, high school art teacher, and artist whose work has been featured in Alpinist magazine and BD and Patagonia catalogs. A memorial is planned for Sunday November 15 at 1:30 pm at the Liberty Bell High School in Winthrop, WA.

While I didn't really know Sean, I met him a couple times and he was a really nice guy. What a terrible thing for his family.

 

Jason

 

 

[goatboy]

Condolences to friends and family. What a sad day.

 

I think it would be great if folks offered some tangible support by buying some of his amazing artwork, much of which is about the Cascade Range. I intend to do so.

 

http://www.seanmccabestudio.com/pages/landscapes.html

 

 

[olyclimber]

That is pretty sad, best wishes to his family.

 

Those are some stunning paintings.

[JoshK]

Very sad to hear of Sean's passing. It is very cool to see familiar landscapes and pictures of climbing and skiing in paint, rather than the standard photo. A sad loss of an obviously very talented man. Best wishes to his family.

[OlympicMtnBoy]

I'd never seen his stuff before, very cool. Condolences to his family.

[Alex]

So sorry to hear about his passing! I met Sean while working on the Washington Ice guide and he was a great contributor and fun person to be around! Jason and I tried to get his work into the ice guide but Mountaineers opted to do no color photos or other work, so sadly his art didn't get included at the time.

[bstach]

I've never seen this work before...truly stunning. I'm planning to ask Santa for a 30x20 canvas print of Heather's Pass. I already know what wall its going on.

 

[markwebster]

Wow, that guy was talented! Why do the good ones always have to go early? His handling of color was brilliant and reminds me of why paintings are better than photographs.

 

the camera is such a lame tool compared to an artist.

 

His handling of the sky especially was amazing. I struggle with sky...but he had it mastered.

[Alpinfox]

 

Beautiful paintings of some very familiar places.

 

 

[img:left]http://www.seanmccabestudio.com/images/SM1010M4.jpg[/img] [img:right]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jzDZg8txguQ/SLcvlcZ8hkI/AAAAAAAAAFE/go2bIllg9Ro/s576/Bugaboo2008%20001.jpg[/img]

[obwan]

Truly an incredible artistic talent! God Bless.

[DaveLeo]

Beautiful work!

 

Sad to be introduced to it on a post marking his passing.