Changing my Blog

This will be my final post on blogspot.com. I have finally gotten a fine art website and it is www.nancymarshburn.com. Fine Art Studios Online allows me to have an integrated blog so I am moving my blog there. I would like to thank everyone for visiting this site and hope you will continue to look at new work on the above website. I also have a new website for my medical art. It can be found at www.nancymarshburn.wordpress.com. Please feel free to visit both sites and I look forward to hearing from you there!

Beach Ladies Gab Fest

Litchfield Beach (or any beach) is a great place to gather to catch up on all the happenings of the past year. I like to think these ladies are doing just that while taking in their surroundings. This piece is 9" x 12" on Wallis paper.

Lake Norman Sailboat

It is July and hot here. Wish this were my boat and I could just sail away! I did this piece on location as a plein air painting. It is 9" x 12" on textured gator board and framed in a gold leaf frame. You can find it at Andre Christine Gallery.

Mozambique Boat 2

This is a companion piece to Mozambique Boats, posted earlier. It is also 16" x 20" on textured gator board and is framed in a gold leaf plein air frame. The frame makes the colors sing. Have a look during the opening on July 9 at Andre Christine Gallery in Mooresville.  

Clementine on Blue Plate

A little radial symmetry, some strong light and complementary colors ... sounds like a good setup to me!

Prize Winner!

"Triplets" won 3rd prize in the Spring 2011 Piedmont Pastel Society Show! The prize was a 60 stick Terry Ludwig Southeast Landscape pastel set. Sweet! These are absolutely luscious pastels. 

Summer show at Andre Christine gallery

 I hope you will come by the new show at Andre Christine Gallery in Mooresville, NC. My featured piece is Mozambique Boats at the top of the postcard. The opening reception is Saturday, July 9 from 6-9 PM. Lynn Gingras, the owner, will always meet you with a smile and answer any questions with no hard sale tactics. The gallery is a delightful place to browse.

Mozambique Boats

Turquoise water isn't exactly found where I live, so it was great fun to paint it. This pastel painting is 16" x 20" and is done on textured gator board.  You can find it at Andre Christine Gallery in Mooresville, NC.

The Face of Fall

I've done a study to work out ideas for a possible larger painting. What do you see here?

My Darling Clementine...

...okay, very cliche.  This is a small 8 x 10 pastel on Wallis paper. I have found still life work to be challenging as the depth of field is so small. Values need to be studied as the background is really only inches away, compared to possibly miles away in a landscape painting. Comments, anyone?

Egg 1, Egg 2

We see eggs here, but these paintings are essentially about shapes, a wide value range and and narrow color range. Trying to paint white is a wonderful exercise in seeing color

New Pastel Painting

A long weekend in June in the NC mountains was the starting place for this painting. The weather was nothing like the finished artwork. In the photo it is a gray day with very flat light. I decided to make it a much nicer day. You can do that as an artist on your painting surface...or anyone can do it in their own mind!

AndreChristine Gallery opening

I am proud to announce my participation in the opening show of the new AndreChristine Gallery in Mooresville, NC on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15. Consider yourself invited!