Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

The newest exhibit, opening Thursday, at the Lafayette Gallery, is "What Makes Us Smile". I submitted the small pieces that I did...

This is the last one from my little series of Carmel. Now, looking forward to working on something new, not involving, the desert or ocean!...

Recently, Diane White invited us to her beautiful Santa Fe home. Here is Diane on the back porch, putting a few finishing touches on her g...

Another view from the beach in Carmel. So simple and fun to paint! With our temps near 100 degrees today, this is just where I would like t...

Carmel is famous for lots of art galleries. One of my favorites is the Carmel Art Association Gallery. This co-op gallery has been in exist...

Here is another view from the beach in Carmel. Always a wonderful escape, always gorgeous views. This was another one done from a photo tak...

Here is one more from the beach in Carmel. I've also posted some photos that I used for this painting, and my last one. This was on a g...

It seems like this month we have been everywhere but home. The good part is that I had plenty of opportunities to use my camera. This paint...

Happy to finish one more strawberry painting!

More strawberries! This time, I'm having fun experimenting with color shapes, lights and darks. Happy June, and happy weekend to all!

Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer! With the beginning of summer, comes wonderful fresh produce, and farmer's markets everywher...

The Bellagio in Las Vegas always has interesting art exhibits. We were just there, and I had a chance to see this exhibit, " A Sense...

One more painting from the plein air class. Still focusing on the light and dark value patterns. This was done in Tiburon, near the Lyford ...

Since I haven't posted anything about Claudia lately, due her camera shy personality, here is a Claudia update. Claudia has grown into ...

Still working on lights and dark value patterns. This painting was done from a photo of an adobe art gallery in Santa Fe. The turquoise blu...

This was done for Carol Marine's Germany Challenge . Still working with light and dark value patterns. I've been having fun looking...

"Sun Kissed" is the title of the upcoming exhibit at the Lafayette Gallery, opening May 24th. I am applying some of the ideas fro...

Trying again. This is one more post from last week that failed. Things seem to be working better. The original problem with blogger, is s...

Last week I began to experience technical difficulties with blogger. I tried to post many times, with no success. We'll hope for better...

I've had this prehistoric telephone on my mind for days, just had no time to get back to it. I painted it a while ago, and meant to do...

This is the homework assignment for Tim Horn's plein air class. We were told to paint a cantaloupe slice showing the lights and darks...

I just had to post a picture of Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel 's celebrity cat. The Algonquin Hotel has had a resident Matilda, since ...

We just arrived home from a week in Baltimore and New York City. While in Baltimore, I visited the American Visionary Art Museum . This ...