Shepherd Info

10/99- Two Photographs Accepted in "October National Show" - Gallery 510, Decatur, IL. Winner of Award of Excellence, "Last Sunset". Used for Gallery Postcards promoting show.
7/99- Accepted as a member of Gallery 4, Fargo, ND. (A cooperative Art Gallery) Artwork is presently on exhibit.
5/99-7/99- Solo Photography Exhibit at Moxie Java, Fargo, ND.
7/99- Published in Popular Photography Magazine. "Your Best Shot" competition, Honorable Mention Award - "Boy Feeding Swans- Nymphenburg, Germany".
2/99- Published in Petersen's Photographic Magazine. February Monthly Contest, 4th place- "Artist's Hands" Monetary Award.
3/97- Double Finalist in the Kodak International Snapshot Awards Contest. Honorary Mention Award- "Mozart and Matisse" Special Merit Award- "Cookies" Monetary Awards.

Personal Information: Studied Art at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Received a BFA in Fine and Applied Art/ Painting. Also Studied Photography, Ceramics and Art Education.
Professional Picture Framer, specializing in creative matting and framing design. Extensive experience in designing unique hand-carved and hand-painted matting.

Art Medium: Primarily traditional and digitally-enhanced photography, drawing, and Acrylics.
Subject Matter: Macro-photography (waterdrops, nature, still life), Foreign landscapes, and animals. "Nature's own ability to create abstraction is the basis of my artistic inspiration."

Artist's Statement: "Art is a window to my existence: my deepest feelings, emotions, beliefs, and my visual interpretation of the world around me. Not being able to create Art would be like not allowing me to breathe! I feel I have been given a special gift to see the beauty in the "little things" in life. I have a chance to re-create and enhance the world around me. My artistic goal is to allow others to view the world through my "Artist’s Eye" and to experience the powerful beauty in life that they may have overlooked; whether it is a drop of water on a leaf, a spectacular sunset, or a breathtaking view out of the window.
Creating art gives me the chance to take risks and seek new challenges to grow as an artist. If I enjoy creating my artwork then someone else will also enjoy viewing it. When I am inspired or artistically "sparked" I drop everything and pursue that vision until I see it successfully on paper or canvas.
Examples of my photographic artwork combine natural images with Digital Technology. I use the computer to manipulate my images and refine or abstract them, so that I can achieve the finished image that I have pictured in my mind. Always thinking with the mind of a painter, the computer screen is a workable canvas to me and a window to my artistic visions."


	Nancy Mueller Shepherd Elmhurst, IL. Abstract Naturalist Artist -Photographer-Professional Picture Framer Email: Nsms2@attbi.com Achievements and Awards: 10/99- Two Photographs Accepted in "October National Show" - Gallery 510, Decatur, IL. Winner of Award of Excellence, "Last Sunset". Used for Gallery Postcards promoting show. 7/99- Accepted as a member of Gallery 4, Fargo, ND. (A cooperative Art Gallery) Artwork is presently on exhibit. 5/99-7/99- Solo Photography Exhibit at Moxie Java, Fargo, ND. 7/99- Published in Popular Photography Magazine. "Your Best Shot" competition, Honorable Mention Award - "Boy Feeding Swans- Nymphenburg, Germany". 2/99- Published in Petersen's Photographic Magazine. February Monthly Contest, 4th place- "Artist's Hands" Monetary Award. 3/97- Double Finalist in the Kodak International Snapshot Awards Contest. Honorary Mention Award- "Mozart and Matisse" Special Merit Award- "Cookies" Monetary Awards. Personal Information: Studied Art at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Received a BFA in Fine and Applied Art/ Painting. Also Studied Photography, Ceramics and Art Education. Professional Picture Framer, specializing in creative matting and framing design. Extensive experience in designing unique hand-carved and hand-painted matting. Art Medium: Primarily traditional and digitally-enhanced photography, drawing, and Acrylics. Subject Matter: Macro-photography (waterdrops, nature, still life), Foreign landscapes, and animals. "Nature's own ability to create abstraction is the basis of my artistic inspiration." Artist's Statement: "Art is a window to my existence: my deepest feelings, emotions, beliefs, and my visual interpretation of the world around me. Not being able to create Art would be like not allowing me to breathe! I feel I have been given a special gift to see the beauty in the "little things" in life. I have a chance to re-create and enhance the world around me. My artistic goal is to allow others to view the world through my "Artist’s Eye" and to experience the powerful beauty in life that they may have overlooked; whether it is a drop of water on a leaf, a spectacular sunset, or a breathtaking view out of the window. Creating art gives me the chance to take risks and seek new challenges to grow as an artist. If I enjoy creating my artwork then someone else will also enjoy viewing it. When I am inspired or artistically "sparked" I drop everything and pursue that vision until I see it successfully on paper or canvas. Examples of my photographic artwork combine natural images with Digital Technology. I use the computer to manipulate my images and refine or abstract them, so that I can achieve the finished image that I have pictured in my mind. Always thinking with the mind of a painter, the computer screen is a workable canvas to me and a window to my artistic visions." Nancy Mueller Shepherd