Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

I hope that Thanksgiving was wonderful for everyone. I am very thankful for a special Thanksgiving, and birthday weekend, all at once! Af...

I finally had some time to get back to painting, during this past very rainy weekend. After not painting for awhile, I felt a little out o...

So glad to have some time to paint, finally. Here is a quick one of some pomegranate slices. I can see some things that I would like to ch...

Here is a current photo of the Lovely Claudia. She is very camera shy, but as beautiful and sweet as ever. She has been growing, playing ...

Yesterday, we did the final hanging, and touch ups of our exhibit, "Southwest Inspiration". Painting accent walls in the gallery...

Yesterday we spent the day at the gallery getting ready for our exhibit. Brian, my ever supportive husband, painted the accent walls a dar...

This is the last painting of this series. I ended up with twelve of these HWY 25, drive by paintings. They really look much better as a g...

Still doing some last minute work for the Southwest exhibit. I would like to replace a few of the paintings, that didn't turn out as we...

Here is the announcement for our upcoming exhibit at the Lafayette Gallery, starting Oct. 12th. Please come by for the reception on Oct 22...

Still, one more view from HWY 25. Also, taken from the passenger window on the way from Santa Fe to Albuquerque. After a very busy few we...

The lovely Claudia, is 7 lbs, 1 year old, direct from animal rescue, and home with us! She is pure delight, very sweet, and endlessly enter...

One more from HWY 25, between Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. Still having fun, and still more to go!

One more painting, from a photo taken from the the car, somewhere between Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Still having fun with these snapshot...

Once again, somewhere between Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. I love this this drive. It takes a little more than an hour to go from the the ai...

Another drive by painting, taken from a photo somewhere between Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. I'm still working with these same photos, wh...

Our newest exhibit at the Lafayette Galler y , opening this Tues., is titled "Snap". The idea behind the exhibit is to show how...

I decided to go back to my last landscape and make some changes. Here is the revised version, which looks a lot like the first version. I...

After having no time to paint during the past 2 weeks, finally I squeezed in one quick painting of a favorite subject. Here we are back to ...

One more, done last week, from a drive by photo, on the road trip to Lake Tahoe. Still having fun with the landscapes. There will be more ...

Here is one more of the same area as yesterday's post, actually somewhere between Lake Tahoe and Quincy. This was painted from a photo...

This was done from a photo taken from the passenger side of the car, while driving somewhere between here, and Lake Tahoe. I enjoyed paint...

After spending some time in Lake Tahoe, we are home. Getting back to painting, after being away, is challenging , and wonderful, all at ...

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things, Edgar Degas. I love the quote from Degas, and hope that you...

Hercules July 1996-June 12, 2010 We were so lucky that Hercules decided to live with us. After he suddenly appeared in our backyard, he n...