About the Artist
Patty Niebling summered in Bay Head, New Jersey her entire life and has lived there year round for 50 years. Her art background stems from two years at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, then three more as an Illustration Major at Parsons School of Design in New York. She continued her art education through numerous courses in drawing, commercial design, pastel painting at The Pastel Society of New York, and is presently working in oils at Middletown Arts Center, in Middletown, New Jersey under Grace Graupe-Pillard.
She began her career in advertising art at The Hecht Co. in Washington, D.C., and continued to paint while raising her three children. Her most recent employment was with Three Designing Women in Freehold, New Jersey, where she was a muralist for three years.
Life took a left turn when she was unexpectedly widowed, and finances found her supplementing her income as a painter, with sales in real estate. Thus her portfolio was less prolific for a period, but each offset the other successfully. She spent every idle hour in her art studio. She's now actively pursuing her dream to paint full time.
Patty won Second Prize at Monmouth Art Gallery's Riverview Hospital Show, 1995, Second Prize at the Papermill Playhouse Show in Millburn, 1995, Second Prize at the Stamford Marine Art Show, 2001, and exhibited at The Annual Pastel Society of America Juried Show in New York. She has been a member of Ocean Artists' Guild in Island Heights, and is presently a member of The Monmouth Art Alliance, as well as Oil Painters of America. Her paintings have been sought after by collectors from the East Coast and as far away as Oregon.
Subject matter for Patty ranges from Barnegat Bay, beach scenes, to still life, portraiture, wildlife, to life in the country, and figure painting. Her lifelong love of nature and wildlife has more recently enticed her to paint horses, wolves, sea life, and beyond. Her inspiration stems not from the subject matter, however, but from the challenge of the application of brush stroke and observance of draughtsmanship. Her work can be seen "on the easel" at her own studio in Bay Head. She welcomes visitors to her Instagram page, to her studio in Bay Head, to her work on this site, and to neoimages.com for more images. She'd love your comment and critique!
Exhibit Participation:
Monmouth Museum Annual Juried Show 2025, Honorable mention, Lincroft N.J.
Stamford Marine Art Show, 1st Place, Stamford, Ct.
Pastel Society of America Annual Juried Show, N.Y.
Coryell Gallery Annual Juried Show, Lambertville, N.J.
Dogwood festival Annual Show, Fairfield, Ct.
Burr Homestead Annual Juried Show, Fairfield, Ct.
Monmouth Museum Annual Juried Show, 2007-2013, Lincroft, N.J.
Monmouth Temple Annual Juried Show, Monmouth, N.J.
Short Hills Annual Juried Show, Millburn, N.J.
Riverview Hospital Show, Red Bank, N.J.
The Retreat Juried Exhibit, (Best In Show), 2011, East Hampton, N.Y.
The Retreat Juried Exhibit, 2014, Richard J. Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
State Museum of Art Annual Juried Exhibit at Trenton, Trenton, N.J.
Brookdale College Annual Juried Exhibit, Lincroft, N.J., 2nd Place 2011
Art of Illusion Juried Exhibit, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, N.J.
N.J. State Museum Annual Juried Exhibit, Trenton, N.J. 2009
Ceres Gallery Group Juried Exhibit, New York, N.Y. 2009
BHYC Bi-Annual Exhibit 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017,2019,2024,2026
