The Quiet Intensity of James McGarrell In the vast, often clamorous landscape of twentieth-century American art, few voices possessed the serene and profound resonance of James McGarrell. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 22, 1930, McGarrell’s journey was not one of sudden, explosive fame, but rather a steady, decades-long cultivation of vision and technique. His artistic odyssey began in the most humble of settings—the basem…