Ainsley McNeely

A native of Alabama, artist Ainsley McNeely has drawn and painted all her life. A student of the old masters and the great artists of the 1800’s, she originally worked primarily in watercolor and graphite then expanded into oil, pen & ink, pastel, sculpture and more recently casein, frequently mixing media to achieve the desired effect. Her oils use a Victorian color palette, giving them a distinctive feel compared to the contemporary colors used by other artists while her pastels are done on a handmade paper with a unique almost leather-like appearance, giving them an antique flavor. Best known to the public for the series of colorful posters she designed for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, A.D.E.C.A. and others, her work can be seen in museums, galleries, private & corporate collections in North America, Europe, and Australia. Ainsley’s wildlife paintings, sporting art, portraits, figure work and miniatures appear in shows throughout the U.S., winning awards in many competitions including the World Wildlife Art Festival, The Art Show at the Dog Show, The Grand National Art Contest, The Miniature Art Society of Florida Show, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers Society of Washington D.C. Show, The Alabama Flora & Fauna Art Show, the Louisiana Wildfowl Festival, and the Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society Show. She also designed the 2001-2002 Alabama Duck Stamp, is president of the Alabama Miniature Art Society and was inducted into the UMS-Wright Hall of Fame for Fine Arts. A severe bout of Lyme Disease caused a couple of years off of the competition circuit but with hard work she recovered her skills and is back to competing- winning 4 awards in national shows last year.
Ainsley has always loved the outdoors and much of her time is spent in the field studying and photographing her subjects (her figure work is usually drawn from a live model in the studio). She enjoys the challenge of capturing the beauty, energy, and emotion of the natural world as well as the people & animals who inhabit it. In the 1990s Ainsley went to the Wyoming/Montana area to paint and liked it so much she bought property and began designing a new studio, adding western scenes & subjects to her repertoire. She represented the United States in an artist exchange with eastern Europe and did a series of paintings from her experiences there.Recent trips to Morocco & Spain also provided subjects for many new works . Ainsley also gives presentations to various art, conservation and business groups and occasionally teaches workshops. She holds a B.A. in studio art from Florida State University and a master’s degree from the University of South Alabama.

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