Peter Allen Nisbet was born in North Carolina in 1948 and began the study of painting at age ten. He has been a student of fine art for over forty years, beginning in water colors and proceeding to oils by age 25. He received a liberal arts degree from the University of North Carolina followed by a commission in the United States Navy. He served as a line officer at sea with a ten month tour of duty in Vietnam. During that time he was appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to serve as Director of Art Services for the Navy's Office of Information. Following Naval Service in 1974 he commenced a free-lance commercial art business providing graphic design and illustration for over twenty-five national organizations. In 1980 he moved to the Southwest and began painting landscapes. Since then he has completed and sold hundreds of paintings which are derived from experiences throughout the world. Nisbet has traveled to such remote places as the South Pole and China, but his preferred locale for painting is in the deserts of the Southwest and Mexico. He is represented by Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M., Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, and the Eisele Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.PUBLICATIONSBooks2019 The Western Sublime, Majestic Landscapes of the American West, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ2018 Maynard Dixon's American West, by Mark Sublette, Just Me Publishing, LLC, Tucson, AZ2015 Painters of Grand Tetons National Park, by Donna and James L. Poulton, Gibbs Smith, Layton, UT 2013 Art of the National Parks, Fresco Fine Art Publications2011 Cover, Art Journey America/Landscapes by Kathryn Kipp, Northlight Books2006 Terra Antarctica, Looking Into the Emptiest Continent by William L. Fox, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, TX2006 100 Artists of the Southwest by Douglis Bullis, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, PA2005 Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink, Offbeat Travels Through America's Southwest, Adventure Press, Washington, DC 2005 Art of Our Land 2006 Calendar, Hudson Park Press, NY1999 Contemporary American Oil Painting Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, China1998 Cover, Antarctica a Paperback Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, Harper Collins, London, UK1998 The Majesty of the Grand Canyon, 150 Years in Art, by Arnold Skolnick1998 Elements of Literature 2000, Holt Rinehart, and Winston, New York1998 Cover, NASA & The Exploration of Space by Roger Launius, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, New York1997 Cover, Leading the West, 100 Painters and Sculptors by Donald J. Hagerty, Northland Press1997 Cover, The Age of Exploration National Aeronautics and Space Administration1997 Cover, Antarctica a Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam Books, New York1994 Artists of the Southwest by Arnold Skolnick, Chameleon Press1991 The Hubble Space Telescope /STS-31) An Artist's View National Aeronautics and Space Administration1988 Light by Lucy Willis, Quatro Publishing, Inc. Magazines2009 Santa Fean2008 Western Art Collector2008 Santa Fean2008 Fine Art Connoisseur2007 American Art Collector2007 Around 5052007 Art of the West2006 Focus Santa Fe1999 Southwest Art1997 Southwest Art1991 Earthtreks1991 Architectural Digest1989 Defenders of Wildlife1989 The Artist Magazine1989 Focus/Santa Fe1989 General Motors Friends1989 Southwest Profile1989 Southwest Profile1989 Southwest Profile1988 The SantaFe Concert Association1988 Winter Art Today1988 Midwest Art1987 Southwest Art1987 Arizona Highways1986 The Artist Magazine1986 Arizona Highways1986 Professional Surveyor​Newspapers1994 Valley Arts Review, Phoenix, Arizona1992 The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut1989 The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico1987 The University Report, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.1987 Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho1987 The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania1987 Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico1987 New Times, Phoenix, Arizona1986 The Flagstaff Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona1986 The Coastland Times, Elizabeth City, North Carolina1983 The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New MexicoLECTURES​2015 "Competitive Strategy for Working Artists" a Podcast, Clark Hulings Foundation2015 "Down the Colorado" Eiteljorg Museum of the American West, Indianapolis, IN2013 "Desert Quest, The Art of P.A. Nisbet" Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ1995 "The Business of Art" (six seminars), State of New Mexico1989 "The Professional Artist", Texas Christian University, Department of Fine Arts , Fort Worth, TX1987 "The Business of Art", University of New Mexico, Department of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, NM1987 "The American Landscape Tradition", Dewey Galleries, Ltd., Santa Fe, New Mexico1986 "Design and Composition", Northern Arizona University, College of Design and Technology, Flagstaff, ArizonaGRANTS/HONORS2015 "Reaching Art Collectors", Artists Panel, Arts Council of Indianapolis/Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists1997 Artist Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.1996 Artist Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.1995 National Science Foundation, Artists and Writers Program Grant for travel to AntarcticaCOLLECTIONS, public & private​Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZEiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, INFred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OKJohn Chafee, former Senator, Rhode IslandAdmiral and Mrs. Elmo ZumwaltNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.National Science Foundation, McMurdo Station, AntarcticaThe Forbes CollectionEugene B. Adkins CollectionMuseum of the WestJim Cowley CollectionMichael Mann, DirectorReynolds Price, AuthorKim Stanley Robinson, AuthorTim Allen, ActorGary Shandling, Actor/ComedianOver 400 Private Collections