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Artist Statement
From earliest days on my grandparents' farm in
Massachusetts, I have felt an affinity for animals. I
started drawing at 5 years old and continued throughout
childhood with a highlight being Saturday classes at the
Worcester Art Museum. There I learned to mix browns so that
I could paint a golden palomino horse; I was hooked on the
magic of color. After studying art at Connecticut College
and graduate school at the Philadelphia College of Art , I
found myself caught in an abstract impressionism, color
field and pop art era when I wanted to do representational
art. Fortunately Gerald Gooch became my mentor, a master
draftsman and lithographer. Those were happy years teaching
painting, drawing, and lithography at several community
colleges. After years of raising a family and caring for
aging parents, I am free to pursue my passion for painting
full time. I've been fortunate to learn from Bob Gerbracht
in weekly workshop 2004-2008 and in workshops with Carolyn
Anderson, Daniel Gerhartz,Huihan Liu, David Leffel, Randall
Sexton, Quang Ho, and Jove Wang. With the support of my
wonderful husband Ken, I am painting full time. There is a
fire in me to make art!
AWARDS
Honorable Mention,
Salon International 2012, Greenhouse Gallery of fine Art,
San Antonio, Texas, April 2012
Honorable Mention,
Southwest
Art,
Annual Artistic Excellence Competition, December 2011 issue
Award of Excellence,
2011 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition,
Lee Youngman Galleries, Calistoga, California
Fine Print Art award,
2011 American Plains Artists National Exhibition, New Mexico
Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Honorable Mention,
2011 Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
Honorable Mention,
27th Annual Art Competition,
the Artist's Magazine, December 2010 issue
Award of Excellence,
2010 Art of the the Plains, Great Plains Art Museum,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Honorable Mention,
Nineteenth Annual Oil Painters of American National
Exhibition, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale 2010
Featured in KQED half-hour television program, "Portfolio: Daria Niebling, Bay Area Artist" 1979
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