Artists of the Month & New Artists

Artists of the Month: July 2021

Nanci Bissell

Nanci is a graduate of Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas; having a BS and Masters degree in education, with a minor in art studies. She has been an educator, teacher, assistant principal and principal in elementary schools, retiring after 26 years in the school business. Nanci’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous art shows. Nanci’s artistic interests include seascapes, street scenes and landscapes.

Steven Martin

Steven was educated as a geographer, historian and criminologist, and spent 29 years preserving natural, historic and cultural resources on public lands throughout the Western United States. Retired from public service in 2013, Steven, a self-taught photographer, strives to increase public awareness for protecting and preserving our nation’s public lands and resources through the medium of digital photography.

New Gallery Artist

Barbara L. Bush

Barbara is an oil painter. Although she paints many subjects, her first love is landscape painting. She currently is a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, the Oil Painters of America and the Artists of Picacho Hills. Barbara studied art in college majoring in drawing and painting. However, upon graduation she went where the jobs were and spent the next 30 years working in business for financial and computer services companies. In 1998 she quit her job in Denver, CO and started taking art classes. In 2005 after moving to Fredericksburg, TX she took classes at the Fredericksburg Artists’ School. In 2013 she moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico. For the next seven years she participated in the Alto Artist Studio Tour and the Lincoln County Artloop. Barbara now makes her home in Las Cruces.

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original paintings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, fabric collage,
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