Claire Bistline, originally from Sandpoint, Idaho, has spent much of the past 25 years living in the tiny mining town of Ajo (pronounced Ah-ho), Arizona, where her artistic career began with watercolor lessons in the Pima County Parks and Recreation facility. Her interests have since expanded to include painting with acrylics, oils, pastels, and ink. The proximity of professional art schools in Scottsdale and Tucson have provided her with opportunities to study with outstanding instructors in all of these mediums.Bistline is known for her colorful, painterly plein air oil paintings and her still lifes...more
