Neil Kesterson

I create art. Why? It’s as normal as eating or sleeping, and just as necessary. I constantly see images I want to put on canvas. I see shapes. I see color, and especially light, and I try to capture it. I feel emotion and need to deal with it. I understand myself and my relation to the world in these images. I am an artist.
I’ve been told to stick with one style, but I can’t, or maybe just won’t, but it’s how my brain operates. I tend to bounce around from one idea to the next, trying different ideas and styles, sometimes combining them.
Many of my paintings are created over the span of several years as I often re-approach older works that I never finished, or maybe aren’t as visually exciting as I once thought. I don’t like to wash over these, but instead I keep adding to them until they feel complete. Sometimes going in a completely different direction or style than was originally imagined. I enjoy this process as it leads to an end product that was not preconceived.
In 2011 I made a conscious decision to actively pursue my passion for art. To BE THE ARTIST I always believed I was. Since that time I have created and exhibited more art than ever and have been rewarded with increasing sales and exposure.
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NAHS ( National Art Honor Society) 1994-1996
Graduated HS with Art Honors.

MUSEUMS;

Dories; Holding onto History
St George Art Museum, St. George UT.
Jan - April 2022
Solo Exhibit

Pictured; The Wests Most Spectacular National Parks
100th Anniversary of National Park Service
St George Art Museum, St George UT
2016
Group Exhibit


GALLERIES;

Neil Kesterson: 20 Years of Creating Art in Henderson
Henderson City Hall, Henderson NV
Feb - March 2023

Story Forms
Mayors Gallery @Historic 5th St School, Las Vegas NV
Oct - November 2022
Group exhibit


Use Other Door
Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas NV
2021, 2022
Group exhibit

Green
Mayors Gallery @Historic 5th St School, Las Vegas NV
May - August 2022
Group exhibit

Take to the Trails
Wetlands Park, Las Vegas NV
2022
Group exhibit




Awarded Best Of Show, 1996, Newman Smith HS, Carrolton TX

City Lights Art Gallery, Henderson, NV, 2006

Corner Gallery, Boulder City, NV 2008

Darryl Martin Gallery, Boulder City, NV 2013

Emergency Arts, Las Vegas, NV. Solo Exhibits. 2013-2014

Jana's Red Room Elite Artist 2015, Las Vegas, NV

Jana's Red Room, Las Vegas, NV. 2014-2017. Various Exhibits.

Dam Little Art Gallery, Boulder City, NV. Various Exhibits. 2016-2017

PeaceNArt Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Collaborations with Alexander P Huerta. 2017

Boulder City Art ...