Eileen Nistler

eileenistler@netscape.net

Galleries; Artforms Gallery - Hill City, South Dakota

              Spearfish Arts Center Gallery - Main Street -  Spearfish, South Dakota

Signature Member - Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA)

Signature Member - Master Circle - Paint America (PAA-M)

Member - International Guild of Realism

Member - American Plains Artist's

Associate Member - Women Artists of the West

Education

1983 - 1984 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; Bachelor of Architecture - May 1984

1979 - 1983 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; Bachelor of Art (Pre Architecture) - May 1983

1978 - 1979 Chadron State College; Chadron, Nebraska

1977 - 1978 University of Evansville (Indiana); England campus, Grantham, Lincolnshire England

Selected Honors and Awards

2010

Painting accepted and received Award for Exceptional Merit from Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 6 2010.

Painting receives second place International Artist's Magazine April/May 2010

Painting on cover of Ann Kullberg's online magazine From My Perspective February 2010

Painting accepted into Paint America top 100

Painting accepted and receives Juror's Award Paint America Mini 50  (This is my fifth Juror's Award from Paint America).

2009

Two paintings accepted into the Top 100 for Paint America 2008 - Topeka, KS

Painting accepted into the Mini 50 for Paint America 2008 - Received Juror's Choice Award

Received Paint America Master Circle Signature Status (2008)

Painting accepted into the juried show Explore This! 5 - Colored Pencil Society of America

Three paintings accepted into the juried Western Spirit Art Show 2009 - Old West Museum - Cheyenne, WY

Two paintings accepted into the juried show American Plains Artists - Odessa, TX

Painting Received Award of Excellence - American Plains Artists 25th annual - Odessa, TX

Painting accepted into the Colored Pencil Society of America annual show - Atlanta, Georgia

Received Colored Pencil Society of America signature status - CPSA

Painting accepted into theTop 100 for Paint the Parks 2009 - Topeka, Ks

Painting accepted and received Juror's Choice Award in the Mini 50 for Paint the Parks 2009

Finalist International Artist Magazine competition 53 - still life and floral - October/November issue 

2008

4 of 4 paintings accepted into the juried Western Spirit Art Show 2008 - Old West Museum - Cheyenne, WY

Painting accepted into the Top 100 for Paint America 2007 - Topeka, KS

Received Paint America signature status - PAA

Painting accepted, and received Sally K. Smith Juror's Award, in the Mini 50 for Paint America 2007

Painting accepted Wyoming Governor's Capital Arts Exhibition - Cheyenne, WY

Painting accepted into the Top 100 in the 2008 Paint The Parks - Topeka, KS

Two paintings accepted into the 2008 Paint the Parks Mini 50 - Susieheyer Juror's Award

Popular award and first place graphics - Wind River Valley Artist's Guild - Dubois, WY

Painting published in the October issue of the From My Perspective online colored pencil magazine

Finalist in the Prismacolor calendar competition for 2009 - (April)

2007

Painting exhibited and sold in juried show Art Unmasked Jan 2007 - AVA Center - Gillette, WY

People's Choice award - Spearfish Center for the Arts Winter Art Show - Spearfish, SD

Painting accepted into the juried show Explore This! - Colored Pencil Society of America - CA

First place pencil in juried Western Spirit Art Show - Old West Museum - Cheyenne, WY

Painting accepted into the juried international Colored Pencil Society of America exhibit - Bethesda, MD

Finalist in the 2007 The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition - December 2007 issue

Painting accepted into American Women Artists juried national show - Scottsdale, Az

Painting accepted into juried Small Works North America show - Greenwich, CT

2006

First place (amatuer division) North Light Book Club Cover Competition - Featured in March 2006 issue

Painting received "People's Choice" at the juried show Art With a Magic Carpet - AVA - Gillette, WY

Painting received "People's Choice" & purchase award - Governor's Capital Arts Exhibition - Cheyenne, WY

Painting received "People's Choice" at the Riverton National Art Show - Riverton, WY

Painting accepted into the juried Colored Pencil Society of America Exhibit - Albuquerque, NM

Painting received first place graphics at the Wind River Valley National Art Show - Dubois, WY

Painting accepted to the "Mini 100" for the Arts For The Parks national show - Jackson, WY

2005

Painting received "People's Choice" at the juried Governor's Capital Arts Exhibition - Cheyenne, WY

Painting received best portrait award & purchase award Wind River Valley National Art Show - Dubois, WY