1932, Orrick, Missouri – View artwork Carol was born in Orrick, Missouri. She has studied art at the University of Nebraksa at Omaha and also with many artists in the Omaha area. She has won numerous awards in local exhibitions and included in many private and corporate collections. She currently lives in Greenwood, Nebraska. View artwork
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Martha Pettigrew
1950, Lincoln, Nebraska – View artwork Martha Pettigrew was born in 1950 in a small town in Nebraska. Martha received her B.F.A. in printmaking and painting from UNL in 1972. After graduation, she worked for the Nebraska State Museum creating scientific illustrations, but she left after six years because of the lack of creative input she Read More
Larry Peterson
1935, Holdrege, Nebraska – View artwork Larry Peterson has always drawn his creative energy from the prairie. Growing up near the Platte River, his family encouraged the young artist to notice the vibrant life and colors along the river. He spent much of his childhood camping, hunting, and fishing, and these experiences helped to stimulate Read More
Titian Ramsay Peale
1799, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1885, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania View artwork Titian Ramsay was the youngest son of one of the most important figures in early American art, the painter and museologist Charles Willson Peale. Trained by his father as an artist and naturalist, Titian also studied anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he made drawings of the Read More
Otto Pauling
c. 1800s – View artwork Little is known about the artist who painted the portrait of Susan Bronnenberg Nelson. The painting is signed “Pauling” and dated 1875 with nothing more noted on the back of the canvas. Claire Somerville, L. Ward Nelson, and Carl Whitney, descendants of Susan Bronnenberg Nelson, donated the painting to the Museum Read More
Lawton S. Parker
1868, Fairfield, Michigan – 1954, Pasadena, California View artwork He was raised in Nebraska after his family settled on a farm near Kearney in 1873. Parker left Nebraska in 1886 to study at the Chicago Art Institute. Like many late 19th Century artists he received a journeyman’s education through periods of study at several art institutions Read More
Paul Otero
1950, Denver, Colorado – View artwork Paul Otero was born on August 8, 1950 in Denver, Colorado and received his BA from Kearney State College in 1977. He was honorably discharged after serving in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971. Otero currently resides in Omaha creating realistic drawings and paintings of figures. He is Read More
Ernest Ochsner
1944, Isabel, South Dakota – View artwork Ernest Ochsner was born on January 28, 1944 in Isabel, South Dakota. He maintains a studio in Aurora, Nebraska and is mainly a self-taught artist, using his own photographs to create photo-realistic paintings of people and places. Ochsner’s work can be found in numurous collections throughout the U.S. Read More
Dale Nichols
1904, David City, Nebraska – 1995, Sedona, Arizona View Artwork Dale Nichols was born in David City, Nebraska on July 13, 1904. At twenty, Nichols went to study at Chicago’s Acadmey of Fine Arts. He remained in Chicago for approximately fifteen years, spending one year as the Carnegie Professor in Art at the University of Illinois. Read More
Deborah Murphy
1950, North Platte, Nebraska – Deborah Murphy was born on June 5, 1950 in North Platte, Nebraska and received her BA from Kearney State College in 1972. She came to Omaha after college and has taught at the University of Omaha and the Metropolitan Community College since then. Murphy is largely known as a landscape Read More
