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Born and raised in the Midwest, Nancy moved to California as a young adult. She loved the abundance of nature and the great weather found in California and spent over two decades drawing and painting florals, landscapes, animals and marine scenes. When she returned to the Midwest she lived in a hundred-year-old farmhouse and converted a former chicken coop into her art studio. She recently moved to St. Louis for work and fell in love with the town; it’s architecture, it’s people and it’s great community pride.
One body of work of Nancy's she calls Abstracted Landscapes. In these flowing acrylic paintings on canvas and board, she developed a unique view of land, water, and sky. She abstracts the view by letting the flow of fluid acrylics create a sense of place. The painting can go in many directions. It could become an idyllic view of a pristine lake, crashing waves, a desert storm, or a scene that might exist in another world.
Nancy tries not to force the painting to become “something real”. She just tries to guide the colors to resemble what could be found under water, or up on dry land. The toughest part is leaving it alone to dry and not overwork it.
Her award-winning work is in private collections throughout the U.S. and Australia.
One body of work of Nancy's she calls Abstracted Landscapes. In these flowing acrylic paintings on canvas and board, she developed a unique view of land, water, and sky. She abstracts the view by letting the flow of fluid acrylics create a sense of place. The painting can go in many directions. It could become an idyllic view of a pristine lake, crashing waves, a desert storm, or a scene that might exist in another world.
Nancy tries not to force the painting to become “something real”. She just tries to guide the colors to resemble what could be found under water, or up on dry land. The toughest part is leaving it alone to dry and not overwork it.
Her award-winning work is in private collections throughout the U.S. and Australia.
Nancy earned an AA in studio art from El Camino College in Torrance, Ca., and a BA in computer video imaging from Cogswell College in Sunnyvale, Ca., graduating magna cum laude and valedictorian. She went into the web design and user experience research field while continuing her artistic practice.
She has taught watercolor still life, figure painting and her abstract technique and other forms of expression at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, Ca, at many art leagues in California and Illinois, and to those affected by cancer through Living Proof Exhibit at the NASIF Cancer Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She currently teaches art privately.
“I love the freedom of fluid acrylics. With my fingers, a squirt bottle of water, and with my composition skills and realism painting skills on hand, I manipulate wet paint and guide it as it dries. I am often surprised and delighted with the outcome. I never know for sure what the painting will become. Every piece is unique and a blast to create.
I especially love teaching this technique to the realist artist to help them break out of being detailed oriented and frustrated when a painting doesn’t come out “just so”. In this style of painting, “just so” doesn’t exist!”
She has taught watercolor still life, figure painting and her abstract technique and other forms of expression at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, Ca, at many art leagues in California and Illinois, and to those affected by cancer through Living Proof Exhibit at the NASIF Cancer Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She currently teaches art privately.
“I love the freedom of fluid acrylics. With my fingers, a squirt bottle of water, and with my composition skills and realism painting skills on hand, I manipulate wet paint and guide it as it dries. I am often surprised and delighted with the outcome. I never know for sure what the painting will become. Every piece is unique and a blast to create.
I especially love teaching this technique to the realist artist to help them break out of being detailed oriented and frustrated when a painting doesn’t come out “just so”. In this style of painting, “just so” doesn’t exist!”