ARTIST BIO:

Deborah Nielsen works in the watercolor and acrylic mediums. She began her adventures with watercolor and advanced very quickly. This inspired her to begin experimenting in acrylics, which became her second love. Deborah credits her success and love of these mediums to the local art instructors here in the valley, who helped her develop her God-given talent.

Growing up in the upper Midwest, first on a dairy farm as a little girl and then becoming a rancher's wife, inspired Deborah’s love and appreciation of animals and the beauty of the country atmosphere. Deborah, along with her husband Larry, is now semi-retired and living in Wittmann, AZ. She is pursuing her dream of capturing the beauty around her and her love of animals. Deborah teaches both watercolor and acrylic classes in Arizona and for a few months in the summer she returns to Nebraska to help work the ranch and teach watercolor classes at a local shop.

Deborah is juried into the Art Club in Wickenburg, AZ, and has competed in the Artisan Fair Art Show during Gold Rush Days for the past few years, where each year she has won honors in both mediums. She has also been juried in the Glendale Fine Art Show with a number of her paintings, earning “Best in Show” with one of her watercolor paintings. The West of Center Art Show, in the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, AZ, also accepted two of Deborah’s paintings for showing and sale.