About The Artist

Eileen Strickland
Portrait Artist Eileen Strickland has been creating lifelike portraits of people and/or their loving pets for more than 30 years. She has earned numerous "First Place" and "People's Choice" Awards for her portrait work. Eileen is able to capture a likeness and the spirit of a person or pet using vivid color and detail in an oil medium technique of transparent layers in her style of traditional realism. Eileen's artwork also includes landscapes, architecture and still life. Her love of nature is captured in her work on canvas. You can find her paintings at the Design Market in Aberdeen, NC, Campbell House Gallery in Southern Pines, NC, and InTouch Massage Therapy in Southern Pines, NC.

Art Classes, Workshops and Awards

1985- Advanced oil Medium Tole Painting Workshop 2004 - Great Faces Workshop 1985 - Watercolor, Pen and Ink Class 2005 - Oil Portrait Painting with Live Model Workshop 1997 - Oil/Watercolor Workshop 2006 - Principles of Painting Workshop 1988 - Painting Snow on Mountains in Oil Class 2007 - Drawing Portraits in Charcoal and Graphite Class 1989 - Painting Ocean Scene in Oil Class 2008 - Painting Portraits in Oil Workshop 2002 - Still Life in Oil Workshop 2008 - The Michael Wilcox School of Color Workshop Awards: 2004 - People's Choice Award for "Sunset Beach" (Oil Medium) (Annual Art Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2005 - The Order of the Longleaf Pine Award (From Governor Mike Easley) 2005 - Honorable Mention for "Black Stallion" (OIl Medium) (Juried Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2009 - 2nd Place Award for oil portrait "Eric Strickland" & Honorable Mention Award "The Salt Run Inlet" (Oil Medium) (Juried Show, Artist League, (Aberdeen, NC) 2010 - 3rd Place Award for oil portrait "Ashlyn" & People's Choice Award for "Waiting for an Apple" (Oil Medium) (Juried Show, Artist Leage, Aberdeen, NC) 2011 - Best in Show & People's Choice Award for oil portrait "Let's Play Catch" & 1st Place Award for oil portrait "Bubbles" (Juried Show, Aberdeen, NC) 2012 - People's Choice Award & First Place Award for oil portrait "Archie" (Juried Show , Artist League, Aberdeen, NC 2012 - Honorable Mention Award for "Afternoon Tea" (Oil Medium) (Juried Show, Annual Fine Arts Festival, Southern Pines, NC) 2015 - People's Choice Award & 1st Place Award for oil portrait "Amazing Artist" (Juried Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2016 - People's Choice Award & 1st Place Award for oil portrait "Ashlyn" (Juried Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2017 - Painting of the Year Award for "God Given Unalienable Rights" (Oil Medium) (Patriotic Expressions Art Contest & Veteran's Fund Raiser, Fair Barn, Pinehurst, NC) 2018 - 1st Place Award for oil portrait "Brent Playing Guitar" (Juried Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2019 -- People's Choice Award & 3rd Place Award for oil portrait "Playing from the Heart" & 1st Place Award for "Annabelle" (Oil Medium) (Juried Show, Artist League, Aberdeen, NC) 2021 - 3rd Place Award for oil portrait "Playing the Cello" (Juried Show , Artist League, Aberdeen, NC)