Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

I'm still working with the lemons on the edge of the upside down shoebox. I was trying to use looser brushstrokes, this time. It's ...

I'm back to familiar subjects, lemons again. I'm trying to vary my compositions. For this painting, I perched some lemons on the ed...

One more watermelon painting. Today, I wanted to do a better job with the composition. I arranged and rearranged the watermelon slices, hop...

It's so wonderful to get back to painting. After two weeks of not painting, it's like starting all over again, very challenging. Th...

These are the last of nine, in my series of paintings of Hercules. They look the best, with black frames and arranged as a group. I framed...

I thought that it would be fun to show you the real Hercules. Here he is alone, and with the No 1 man in my life, Brian, my wonderful hus...

Here are some of the paintings that were done for the " Fur, Fins, and Feathers" exhibit at The Lafayette Gallery. These are read...

During the two weeks spent traveling in Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and Palm Springs, I was lucky to see lots of wonderful art and get very inspi...

It's great to be home after 2 weeks of being in Las Vegas, NV, Santa Fe, NM, and Palm Springs. I am quickly trying to complete some sm...

Another busy week, in a very busy month. It's great to paint again! I've struggled for days with various animal ideas for our upcom...

Glad to be back to painting. I wanted to finish at least one more painting of the gladiolus. Finally, after a very hectic week, I was able ...

Yesterday, at Trader Joe's, I bought gladiolus buds. I was not sure of the exact colors, possibly purple and red. This morning they wer...

We just returned from the east coast, to spring. Everything here is in bloom, sunny skies, and very green everywhere. Spring has arrived! B...

Day two of the daffodils. Overnight, most of the daffodils opened. Flowers always amaze me... they are gorgeous! Tried to capture the beaut...

Yesterday at Trader Joe's they were selling ten daffodils for $1.29. How could I not bring some home! I bought two bunches. The buds we...

Yesterday I took the day off and visited the de Young museum in San Francisco to the see the annual "Bouquets to Art" exhibit. ...

This has been a busy month, with not enough time for painting. Finally this weekend I had some time and was able to get back to the easel. ...

The last of the sushi paintings for now. I think it's time to move on to something else. This painting seems to be more abstract, which...

One more for the sushi series. I was trying for a looser effect, by not going over the brush strokes . I think that this is something that ...

Back on familiar ground. Apples are really comfortable to paint. As Carol Marine said in her blog, apples are her fall back subject. I can ...

Happy Valentine's Day to all! Tomorrow is the big day! This is the same monoprint that was posted on Jan. 16th, only this time it is in...

This is the same sushi from last week, that was stored in the freezer. It thawed out under the light as I painted it. I then put it back in...