Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

This is one of my favorite classic color combinations. Yellow and blue is a universal favorite, and can be seen in paintings through o...

We stopped by  the Saatchi Gallery , in London,  and saw all kinds of interesting art,  huge ant sculptures, by Ra...

One more 4 X 4 painting.

We just arrived home after being away for 10 wonderful days. This is the Tower of London , one of the many great places that we vi...

I delivered these little paintings to the Lafayette Gallery, today. They will be for sale starting, May 4th.  They are already gif...

More fun!

Still having fun!  

Here is one more idea from Sandy Ostrau's  WS.  Sandy recommends  Art Work Essentials , brushes.  I ordered 2 of every size, have bee...

I have been busy with larger paintings, which all seem to be in various states of incompletion. Since I love closure, I've been using ...

Good news, this painting, "Red Barn", from a few posts ago, was selected to be part of "Fresh Works",  a juried ex...

I love Austin Kleon's books.  This is his newest, "Show Your Work", which is just as terrific, as his first book, "S...

Wonderful friend, artist, and blogger, Page Railsback visits San Francisco.  Here is Page, Brian, and me, at the de Young Museum, to see t...

This is the same painting from the last post, with a little more work on  the trees. Still having fun with color, and lots of paint!

Just completed another WS with Sandy Ostrau.  I always learn new things from Sandy. Her ideas seem to be just what I need.  She talked abo...

Alina B., specializing in unique European fashion, both new and vintage, will be celebrating their grand opening on Sat., March...

On it's way to the Collector Art Shop' s new pop up store, at SFO.

Exciting news, the Collector Art Shop now has a pop up gallery at the San Francisco airport. This little painting, along with 7 others...

The focus of Sandy's workshop was reworking old paintings, unfinished paintings, and paintings that never quite worked.  Here is w...

Sandy Ostrau is a fabulous painter, and WS teacher!  Last week, I was able to take a third inspiring WS with Sandy.  A lot of time was s...

        One more painting, based on an another, earlier 6 X 6, enlarged to 20 x 20. This painting, and more, are now on exhibit at the L...

This painting is a larger version of an earlier,  6 X 6.  Still having fun painting larger, and looking forward to more.

  New work, for the new year.  One of my goals for this year is to work larger. Here is an 18 X 18. I trying the baby steps approach. St...

  This has been such an exciting  time of year. We've celebrated everything in the past two months, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, my birt...

  Recently, I was invited to be one of four artists, showing work in a California landscape exhibit. This exhibit is now hanging in the...

Wishing everyone the very best holidays!  May all your  dreams come true!

  Exciting news!  The Lafayette Art Gallery has moved to a beautiful, new, larger space,  located in the Historic Forge. Read al...

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...