Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

Sunday, October 28, 2012

On the Way to the Mountains

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  Another California road trip landscape, painted from a photo, taken from the passenger seat this summer .
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Claudia Update

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  Here is the  faithful, and ever lovely, Claudia, hiding in some stacked art, in my studio. She thinks she is incognito, but I know wher...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Another Hot Summer Day

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Having more fun!
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Red Top

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  This was painted from a photo taken on hot summer day. Still having fun!
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Happy Trails

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  Still working with the ideas from Sandy Ostrau's WS.  Some of these ideas include, simplification, using large shapes, combining pa...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Something Different

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This was done using some of  the ideas from Sandy Ostrau's workshop. It's so much fun experimenting, and trying new ways to p...
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Painting with Sandy Ostrau

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  Last week I spent two days in a painting workshop with Sandy Ostrau .  I have admired Sandy's beautiful work for a long time.  I w...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

One More

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  Last week, with Carol Marine, we worked with painting glass, painting white, painting reflections, and more. So great to focus on paint...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Lots of Berries

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  Carol kept us all very busy, and more busy. She is just relentless, a non-stop painter, and an expert teacher, and artist. I learned so...
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Having Fun with Carol Marine, in Santa Fe

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    Just back home from five days with Carol Marine, and all of the fabulous, and talented artist/friend attendees. Here are some photo...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Good Bye Summer, Hello Fall

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  This painting was part of my "painting larger"  effort that took place this summer. It is 20" X  24", and based on ...
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Steal Like an Artist

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  This has been such a busy summer, it's hard to believe that fall is now here.  A lot has been happening to keep me away from pai...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Forging Ahead

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  Still moving on, using previous small paintings as a reference to painting larger. This one is only 12 X 12, but still larger that my ...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Still Working Larger

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  Still working larger. I've been using my smaller paintings as reference material to create bigger pieces.  This is actually a 12...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Working Larger

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  I have been pushing myself to paint larger,which has kept me very busy these last few weeks. This painting was done on unstretched can...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

More New Ideas from Karin

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Karin Jurick's workshop was a great opportunity to try her painting methods, which include painting on a black ground, and using lots a...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

New Ideas

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Yesterday, I pointed out that taking a workshop is a great way to try new ideas. This little portrait was done from a mug shot, as an exerc...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Last Week with Karin

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Last week I spent five days in a workshop, taught by Karin Jurick. She is a very inspiring artist,with lots of great ideas. One of the bes...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

The Sunshine Vitamin

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Still having fun with the oranges! Working larger, and enjoying the expanse of canvas, a whole new feeling of more spaciouness, and lightne...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

More Vitamin C

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I am enjoying these oranges, more than words can say! Having fun working a little larger.
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Slices of Vitamin C

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Having fun wtih oranges, and so happy to be painting!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Lots of Vitamin C

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I've been away for such a long time, I don't know where to begin, so I will start with now. Finally, so happy to have some time to p...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

All Cuddled Up

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This is something that I've done before, that is fun to do again. Orange slices , all very close.
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Monday, November 7, 2011

More from Santa Fe

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One more photo, that I finally was able to post, from our time in Santa Fe. Here I am with the fabulous artist, Diane White, in front of th...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Exciting News From Mill Fine Art

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Last week I received some exciting news from Mill Fine Art, at 530 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, NM. My work was accepted for the Holiday Small ...
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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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