Cindy Nixon is one of Cincinnati’s most accomplished Plein Air artists having won international, national and local competitions, including the Award of Excellence for the Oil Painters of America Midwest Regional Show, and Honorable Mention in the International Artist Magazine Art Competition. 

Cindy grew up in the small town of Mason, Ohio, surrounded by farm land, spending her childhood exploring the streams and woods nearby developing a passionate love of nature. Nixon feels that painting on location captures the natural light and color of a landscape that may be lost if an artist paints from a photograph.

Cindy studied privately with Donna Beavers, attended classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Raymond Walters Branch of the University of Cincinnati In addition she studied with Greg Storer, Wolf Kahn and Paul Melia.

She is an active member of the Cincinnati Art Club, the Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.