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Born 1948 Church's Island, North Carolina. Known for: Landscape, skyscape and coastal views painting.
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
Peter A (PA) Nisbet - Artist Info
About Peter A (PA) Nisbet: Keywords
Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •NASA Art Collection: Space Exploration
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact