Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Thanksgiving good wishes, a few days early

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! This past week has gone by way too fast. I had hoped to complete a few small paintings. Alas, there was no t...
Monday, November 16, 2009

The Folk Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM

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We just returned from a short trip to Santa Fe, NM, where we attended the annual fundraising gala for the Folk Art Museum. This year, the ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Leaving Santa Fe

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This was done from a photo, of a mesa, taken from the car window, somewhere between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The desert is unusually green...
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Friday's Class

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Friday was the final day of the landscape portion of Carol Tarzier's class. The lesson was about the use of perspective. This painting...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween and Friday's Class

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Here we are, it's Halloween, and we're in between trick or treaters. That means it's time to post my efforts from Friday's ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Nevada Museum of Art

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We just returned from a short trip to to the Sierras, and Reno, NV. We visited parents, and Brian attended a meeting in Reno. While Brian w...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

More from the Higher Ground

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Here is the redo of the photo from the last post. This time the photo was taken in the early morning. I think that it is a little better. ...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

On Higher Ground

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Now that I see this photo, I wish that it was better. It's a little blurry. I will try to redo this. In the meantime, please bear wi...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Friday's Class

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Friday was one more class with Carol Tarzier. She is such a wonderful instructor. Each class begins with a demo of Carol painting a landsca...
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All Ready Now

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On Sunday, I took four of my framed pears over to the gallery, for our new exhibit, opening on Tuesday. If you are in the area, please come...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Back from La Jolla

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Last night we arrived home from a short trip to La Jolla. It was beautiful, great weather, gorgeous ocean, and wonderful restaurants! Her...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Three Reds

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My friend Kathy asked me if I ever did Red Bartlett Pears. The answer is, yes, I do, and here they are. Another quick pear painting, done y...
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Friday, October 2, 2009

Back to Class

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Just finished day two in my painting class with Carol Tarzier . Here is the new landscape that was just started in this recent class. So ma...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

All Four of Us

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One more pear painting for the upcoming exhibit. I still want to do a few more. This one was a quickie. Experimenting with blue, a color I ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

A Strong Wind

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Back to the pears. I need to bring some paintings in for our gallery exhibit change coming up. I am hoping to have a series of pears done, ...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Just Starting

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This is the beginning of a landscape painting that I did in last week's painting class. Actually. my first attempt at landscape painti...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Still in Line

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One more on the edge painting. I can't seem to get enough of this composition. It is still fun, and I still have more ideas. I'll k...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Color Wheels

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These color wheels were done for the first assignment for Carol Tarzier's class. It seems like I have done many, many color wheels in...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Still Friendly

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More cherries, and more words of wisdom from Pam's blog. Pam mentioned that Quang Ho advised artists to make a decision, that no decisi...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Very Friendly

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I just finished reading Pam Holnback's newest post on her blog. She has done a great job sharing ideas from "The Weekend with the ...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Five and an Eighth

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We just returned from Santa Fe, where I always get so inspired with all of the art everywhere. I ended up finishing several small paintings...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Way Up There

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One more of the same composition. This is still a fun challenge for me. I'll forge ahead with more of the same, and we'll see how i...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

More of the Edge

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I'm still working on the same composition, with more tomatoes. I am also still trying to create a looser, less structured look. This is...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

More for the Tenth Anniversary Exhibit

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This is a similar 22 X 30 monoprint, that was done in 2007. It is titled "Natasha at the Lafayette Art and Wine Festival". I deci...
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Nancy B. Hartley
I feel very lucky to be able to spend time painting. Escaping into the world of art is my idea of heaven. I am grateful every day to be able to do what I do, and live the life I love. To receive my blog posts, please sign up as a subscriber, or email me. Most of the artwork is for sale. If you are interested, again, please email me at, nbhartist84@gmail.com. Thank you for visiting my blog, and come back soon!
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