Nishita is a watercolor artist residing in Maryland, USA. Born in India, she moved to North America in 2008 to explore a new professional opportunity. As a child, growing up in a home that was filled with books and conversations about art, Nishita took to painting literally as a duckling takes to water. Along with two of her siblings, who were equally artistically inclined, she participated in numerous painting competitions and won awards for her artwork (including the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1988). 

Later, though she continued to pursue art as a serious hobby, her professional life revolved mainly around computer-based graphics and web design gradually transitioning into digital marketing over the years. Mostly self-taught, Nishita has attended classes and workshops with a number of acclaimed watercolor artists, including Herman Pekel, Catherine Gill, Keiko Tanabe, and Sarah Yeoman. 

Specializing in landscapes and florals, Nishita believes that a true work of art provides an intense emotional experience and creates indelible memories. She finds the act of painting akin to meditation and considers her experiments and explorations in this field the biggest, ongoing adventure of her life.

AWARDS

2022
First Place, The NWS Past President Dick Cole Award
National Watercolor Society | Member Exhibition 

Merit Award
Philadelphia Watercolor Society | Member Exhibition 

2021
Second Place, The Walker Wilder Memorial Award
South Carolina Watercolor Society | Annual Exhibition

Blossom of Hope & 4th Place Awards
Paint It! Ellicott City 2019

2020
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Award
Baltimore Watercolor Society | Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition

Ginny Coombs Award for Excellence 
Philadelphia Watercolor Society | Annual Exhibition

Blossom of Hope & 4th Place Awards
Paint It! Ellicott City 2019

2019
Mildred Sands Kratz Award for Traditional Watercolor
Philadelphia Watercolor Society | Annual Exhibition 

Open Paint – Director’s Choice Award
Paint It! Ellicott City 2019

2018
Don Patterson Award
Philadelphia Watercolor Society | Annual Exhibition

Organizations

• American Impressionist Society
• American Watercolor Society
• Baltimore Watercolor Society, Signature Member
• Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Signature Member, Board Member & Webmaster
• Pennsylvania Watercolor Society