Nita Engle

Nita Engle, one of America's foremost watercolor artists, paints what she refers to as "a tangled wilderness." Engle's watercolor landscapes provide a visual remedy for incurable wanderlust with settings ranging from Alaska to Italy to her home on the shores of Lake Superior. The recipient of many prestigious honors, Engle studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, Roosevelt University and holds an honorary doctorate from Northern Michigan University. A long-time member of the American Watercolor Society, Engle was included in an exhibit of American illustrators with Winslow Homer, N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell sponsored by New York's Society of Illustrators. Her art has been seen in many books and publications, including the recent How to make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques Towards Realism in Landscape (Watson-Guptill).