Gabriele Niegelhell - Oil Painter

“Painting is more than just a passion for me. It is a journey of expression, connection, and beauty.  The human spirit desires beauty - it helps us transcend. I make art for art’s sake, in an attempt to create beauty, solace, and a sense of belonging.  As I look into this world or into myself, my head cannot stop creating multitudes of images that my heart and my hands want to put down on canvas - trying to capture the awe and wonder inside and out. If I can connect you with your inner world to a profound experience, then that is what makes my work meaningful. And if only for the sake of beauty itself.”

Gabriele Niegelhell is an award-winning artist, born and raised in Graz, Austria. From very early on, she had a love for painting, pottery, and photography. She took a few art classes in Austria, but because of the general notion that she would not be able to support herself as an artist, she pursued a different career in languages.  Studies and adventure brought her to New Mexico, USA, where she met her husband, had her two children, and worked at the University of New Mexico. Once her children were both in school, she was afforded the opportunity to start painting in earnest and received furthering art education, but is largely self-taught. 

She continues to strive for the craft of depicting the physical world as it appears to the eye but deviates from that more and more in order to attempt to capture the feeling of being immersed in a place in time, rather than its appearance. The results often culminate to serve as a meditative visual refuge.