INTERVIEW WITH PETER A NISBET (1994). Copyright by Jessie Benton Evans. Jessie Benton Evans: What led you to art?. Peter A. Nisbet: My mother, an artist in North Carolina, taught me the fundamentals... Read full biography
INTERVIEW WITH PETER A NISBET (1994). Copyright by Jessie Benton Evans. Jessie Benton Evans: What led you to art?. Peter A. Nisbet: My mother, an artist in North Carolina, taught me the fundamentals of painting when I was old enough to hold a brush. I took courses at the Corcoran Museum and other... Read full biography
INTERVIEW WITH PETER A NISBET (1994). Copyright by Jessie Benton Evans. Jessie Benton Evans: What led you to art?. Peter A. Nisbet: My mother, an artist in North Carolina, taught me the fundamentals of painting when I was old enough to hold a brush. I took courses at the Corcoran Museum and other lessons privately. In 1980, I came to Scottsdale. I paint landscapes and skyscapes, "atmospherics," almost vapor paintings, which express my personal mythology that nature is mysterious and miraculous.... Read full biography
INTERVIEW WITH PETER A NISBET (1994). Copyright by Jessie Benton Evans. Jessie Benton Evans: What led you to art?. Peter A. Nisbet: My mother, an artist in North Carolina, taught me the fundamentals of painting when I was old enough to hold a brush. I took courses at the Corcoran Museum and other lessons privately. In 1980, I came to Scottsdale. I paint landscapes and skyscapes, "atmospherics," almost vapor paintings, which express my personal mythology that nature is mysterious and miraculous. A fellow artist and I have chased storms all over the Southwest and Mexico. Then, last year, I went to the Art Students League in New York to study with Frank Mason, one of the last great knowledgeable teachers of past paint traditions. I wanted my... Read full biography
INTERVIEW WITH PETER A NISBET (1994). Copyright by Jessie Benton Evans. Jessie Benton Evans: What led you to art?. Peter A. Nisbet: My mother, an artist in North Carolina, taught me the fundamentals of painting when I was old enough to hold a brush. I took courses at the Corcoran Museum and other lessons privately. In 1980, I came to Scottsdale. I paint landscapes and skyscapes, "atmospherics," almost vapor paintings, which express my personal mythology that nature is mysterious and miraculous. A fellow artist and I have chased storms all over the Southwest and Mexico. Then, last year, I went to the Art Students League in New York to study with Frank Mason, one of the last great knowledgeable teachers of past paint traditions. I wanted my paintings to speak the way "old master" pieces spoke to me in museums. Evans: How do you put a painting together?.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
The Majesty of the Grand Canyon 150 Years in Art
1998
Kinsey, Joni Louise
159 pages (color)
Nasa & The Exploration of Space: With Works from the Nasa Art Collection
1998
Launius, Roger D
224 pages (color)
Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997
Hagerty, Donald J
213 pages (color)
Paintings of the Southwest
1994
Skolnick, Arnold/Suzan Campbell
128 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans