Misty Pilgrim

I do have work for sale; it is pending while Saatchi verifies my ID. I’m inspired by nature around me, every day. Vertical lines, strong shadows, and meandering, disappearing paths move me, because they represent change, and possibility.

I’m fortunate enough to have lived in some of the most beautiful places an aspiring landscape artist can live. I have always preferred oil, though I sometimes do studies in watercolor. I began my art career in the desert Southwest, after years of running and hiking trails throughout the mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. After 23 years in New Mexico I moved to Hawaii briefly, and then settled in Port Ludlow, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. I’ve studied art in the United States and abroad.

I frequently begin my paintings en plein air, sometimes finishing them in my studio. I’ve transitioned over time to using painting knives instead of brushes, as I enjoy the simplicity of doing this. In 2024 I began using non-toxic, permanant, lightfast pigments.

Education (in progress)
Central New Mexico College and Olympic College, Washington
Fine Arts coursework, 2016–present
Painting I–III
Drawing I
Watercolor
Art History I–III
Design I
Small Metals
Private Instruction: Thomas Blazier, Oil and Landscape Painting Basics, 2017
Workshops (selected)
• Art in Provence, Jill Steenhues, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2025
• Plein Air in Sedona, Michael Chelsea Johnson, Sedona, AZ, 2022
• Creating Atmosphere in Watercolor, Keiko Tanabe, Tubac School of Art, 2021
• Classical Still Life, Sara Siltala, New Mexico Art League, 2019
• Advanced Landscape Painting, Jeff Otis, New Mexico Art League, 2019
• Quick Sketch with Watercolor: Studying Flowers, Marjorie Leggitt, Hayward Art School, 2019
• Portrait Drawing (online), Coulter Prehm, New Mexico Art League, 2018
• Understanding Watercolor, Ruth Vreeland, New Mexico Art League, 2018
• Landscape in Oils, Wade Griffin, New Mexico Art League, 2017

Juried Art Shows, Accepted
Flower as Still Life, New Mexico Art League, 2017
Black & White, New Mexico Art League, 2018
Down to Earth, New Mexico Art League, 2022