Drawing and Painting at the University of Georgia, and later attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work can been seen at Atlanta Art Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, Addington Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, Studio E Gallery in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Iocovozzi Fine Art in Savannah, Georgia, and Addison Rowe Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

She paints realistic landscape paintings in oils, preferring to work from life whenever possible. Ms. McGannon paints smaller landscapes plein-air, spending time in Europe as well as Georgia and the Midwestern United States. She began painting plein-air from the hilltops surrounding Cortona, Italy in 1994 when she was Artist in Residence for the University of Georgia's painting program in Cortona. Larger works are executed back home in the studio, using the small paintings and photographs as resources. With these paintings, Ms. McGannon not only affords herself time spent in nature, but also hopes to impress upon the viewer the beauty and value of the diminishing landscape. The landscapes are painted on surfaces that the artist creates using Venetian plaster, crackle varnish, gold leaf, and pattern. These surfaces create a contemporary context for realistic imagery.

Education:
1990 Oxbow, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1988 MFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1985 BFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1983 UGA Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy
1981 Fayette County High School, Fayetteville, GA

Awards:
2006 Commission from the U.S. State Department
2002, 2003 Hambidge Center, Artist in Residence
1994 Artist in Residence, UGA Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
1985 Mary Rosenblatt Scholarship, University of Georgia

Selected Exhibitions:
2007 Grand Opening, Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Solo Show, Addison Rowe Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Solo Show, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Group Show, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Two by Two, Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
2005 The Ever Changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, Kentucky
Group Show, Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Iconic Landscape, Gwenda Jay/ Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Group Show (featured artist), Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Grand Opening Exhibition, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia