Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

Earlier this year, I took a workshop with Melinda Cootsona , "Using Photos, to Paint the Figure". This was a wonderful WS ...

      Come one, come all!  The Lafayette Art and Wine Festival is this weekend, Sept 21st, and 22nd.            I will be exhibiting, 10...

    More exercises from Jenny Nelson' s workshop.  Making these small abstract painting was so much fun. Jenny used exercises take...

        Now for completely different, something that I have never done. A few weeks ago, I took a workshop from, abstract pain...

 Exciting News! The new exhibit at Valley Art Gallery will be showing my work, with  me, as the featured artist.  The exhibit opens Oct 5...

I have not been posting too much lately, because I've been experimenting.  I am way out of my comfort zone,  painting the figure....

   The wonderful  Diebenkorn book, showing lots of the magnificent work hanging  in the de Young Museum.  

  Last week I had a chance to see the Richard Diebenkorn exhibit at the deYoung Museum.  Now, all I can think about is going to see it ag...

  12 X12, oil on panel.

  6 X 6, oil on panel.

June has come and gone, way too quickly.  Time is racing by, and now it's July. Whew! Here is one more 12 X 12, now hanging at Chow...

  One more 12 X 12 oil,  painted on a wood panel, using a brush and palette knife.

  One more 12 X 12, oil on panel.

  I have been busy painting some larger 12 X 12 panels. Here is the latest.The others will be posted soon. There will be seven paintings,...

One more little 4 X 4.

I just had a chance to see the Gregory Kondos exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum .  His work is just beautiful, so huge, and impressive!...

  I've been working on several larger paintings, which is a challenge for me. In the midst of these larger paintings, I've been ...

  Come one, come all!  Please join us at the annual spring reception at the Lafayette Gallery . We will be opening the sculpture garde...

  The paintings for the Collector , were just delivered, all 16 of them. The exhibit opens March 19th.  The reception will be April 12th,...

  Forecast for tomorrow, March 13th, mostly sunny, Hi 81, Lo 47.

  Weather update, sunny and warming, high of 70, low of 37.

  Weather update for Friday, March 8th, slight chance of showers.

  Good news!  Yesterday, I dropped off 4 paintings, at Studio Gallery, in San Francisco. The new exhibit, Delicious, work inspired by f...

  Weather forecast for today, rain likely.

  Today's weather forecast, mostly cloudy, with chance of rain.