Eileen Nistler can sum up how she feels about painting through the Jordan Peterson quote, “Do what is meaningful, not expedient.”
Among her influences, she cites Rubens and Caravaggio and the chiaroscuro idea of value. She too likes to depict her subjects in the spotlight with the edges receding into the blackness.
Dream a Little Dream of Me, colored pencil, 22 x 17"
“I am inspired by many things that were grand and wonderful to me as a child,” shares Nistler. “I loved the show Bewitched and on that show the befuddled Aunt Clara had a door knob collection. That intrigued me a lot. I loved the beautiful glass door knobs in our home and understood completely why she collected them.”
Some of Nistler’s paintings are of costume jewelry. “My grandmother and my aunts were classy ladies that had lovely jewelry,” says Nistler. She also often includes lace doilies in her art. “That too is a memory that I enjoy incorporating in my art,” she says. “My grandmother had highly starched doilies in the room that I always stayed in when I stayed with her.”
Lovingly, colored pencil, 21 x 18"
Nistler also grows many varieties of peonies on her ranch. The first one was a gift from her mother, and remains a continuing inspiration for the soft pink flowers that show up in so many of her paintings.
Nistler often arranges her still life compositions on a large rustic shelf that was made with a plank from their corral on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming. “I love to juxtapose opposites,” she says. “The rough, wind-weathered wood carrying the feminine flowers or lace is a recurring component in my art.”
Aunt Clara’s Collection VI, colored pencil, 9 x 8"
More than 40 of Nistler’s works in colored pencil will be featured in a solo show at Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming, from January 12 through March 31. —
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Represented by Deselms Fine Art
303 E. 17th Street | Cheyenne, WY 82001
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