March 2025
Natasha Isenhour is a Contemporary American Realist working in oil, pastel and watercolor. A sought-after juror/judge, speaker and demonstrator exhibiting her work throughout the southwest, Isenhour teaches several sold-out workshops each year, both in plein air and in studio. She has recently been advanced to Master’s Circle designation with IAPS, International Association of Pastel Societies where she will be teaching for her second time at the 2026 IAPS Convention. She has been on faculty several years at PACE as well as a demonstrator both at the conference and on Plein Air Live. Isenhour’ a work is collected the world over.
Natasha was awarded Honorable Mention as well as an Award of Excellence from Oil Painters of America in 2022 and 2023 and her oil painting Flat Earth won First Place (Signature Member Category) in the 2024 American Women Artists Show. Isenhour has multiple designations as Finalist in PleinAir Salon, as well as Best Pastel and several Honorable Mentions. In addition to her studio work, Isenhour has received many honors and awards for her plein air work in California, Texas and New Mexico.
Other highlights of 2022-23, include a 5-week solo museum exhibition at the Taos Museum and Fechin Studio soon followed by Terry Ludwig Pastels LLC releasing her curated set of pastels, “Natasha Isenhour Essential Alchemy Set of 60.”
Represented by:
Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM
The Marshall Gallery (debut April 2026), Scottsdale, AZ
…and others
Affiliations:
Oil Painters of America
California Art Club (Artist Member)
Salmagundi Art Club NYC 2021-2024
American Women Artists (Signature)
Pastel Society of America (Signature)
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (Signature)
Pastel Society of New Mexico (Distinguished Pastellist)
