Julie R. Neidlinger

Owner/Artist/Writer

Julie R. Neidlinger is both a writer and a visual artist, with a degree in art and art history. She is probably best known as the voice of Lone Prairie, a popular website and blog (started in 2000) that  ranked as one of the top 400 blogs in the “TruthLaidBear” ecosystem at one time. Her blog writing has been quoted in various places, including Tullian Tchividjian’s book, Unfashionable.

Her artwork has been on display in galleries including the Art Academy of Ohio: Chidlaw Gallery (“Booked: Contemporary Artist Books”; Cincinnati, OH), Roland Dille Center for the Arts (Moorhead, MN), Bismarck Art and Galleries Association (Bismarck, ND), Elsa Forde Gallery (Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND), Clairmont Center Gallery (University of Mary, Bismarck, ND), and more. Her art has also been featured on web sites and in several publications, as well as finding an audience internationally.

She assisted in the publication and design of several books, including Winter: A Season of Writing on the Prairie, which highlighted North Dakota writers and provided them with an opportunity to see their work published. She taught art and art history to a broad range of students. She has written articles for publication in magazines and newspapers, later shifting to speaking about internet media and journalism. Additionally, she served with an international non-profit organization, Nicaragua Resource Network – North Dakota, as the communications specialist and webmaster for five years.

She was a ten-year member of the Silver Strings, a violin quintet from northeast North Dakota, and has been the pianist at events and churches.

She obtained her private pilot’s license in 2008, and joined the Civil Air Patrol in 2009. In 2010, she was involved in writing the usage guide for the new FLIR camera obtained by ND Wing — CAP. In 2011, she presented at the FLIR User Conference in Portland, OR, on how the ND Wing — CAP utilized the FLIR system. She has been a member of the North Dakota Pilots Association (NDPA) since 2009, and secretary of the organization since 2011. She was a member of the North Dakota Aviation Council (NDAC) as one of two representatives of NDPA in 2011-2012.

Her travels have taken her to Europe, Central America, Australia, and the Caribbean. Currently, she resides in Bismarck, North Dakota where she owned Lone Prairie Cupcakes, a gourmet cupcake and confectionery business, from 2009 to 2011. During that time, she worked as a pastry chef in Bismarck from 2008 to 2011. She continues her freelance fine art and graphic design business under the Lone Prairie Art Works name, expanding her design and website work to clients in the eye-tracking industry. Her art is on display and available for purchase on her web site, and at the Toasted Frog and previously at the Patisserie on Fourth in downtown Bismarck, at the Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, and at the Heritage Art Gallery in Michigan, ND.

julie@loneprairie.net
701.390.9302