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Nancy Lindsay • Cedar Rapids, IA • Oil Painting
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Currently, I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I paint everyday, either on location or in my studio. When I am not working on commissions I am always "experimenting" with different color palettes, brushstrokes, and surfaces. My favorite places to paint "en plein air" are Matsell, Palidades, Pleasant Creek and Pinicon Parks, as well as scenic spots along the Wapsipinicon River.
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My paintings can be found in many corporate and private collections. I received my art instruction at Colorado State University and Art Student's League of NY, where I was a student of William Scharf.
In 2003 I was one of 10 international artists invited to participate in an artist residency in the Rhodope Mount-ains of Bulgaria. As a result of the trip, which took me from Paris to Istanbul, I had 35 paintings chronologically representing each day of the trip.
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Sunset Through the Trees
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The final painting in the series is View from Twelfth Ave Bridge painted the day I returned to Cedar Rapids. All paintings in that series average 8 x 10" or smaller. In 2005 I completed five landscape paintings for the new Cardiac Stroke Unit at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA and two paintings for the new lobby of the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids, as well as many other commissions.
Recently my design for the 2005 Freedom Festival was selected from over 100 entries.
 Spring Rain
Oil on Canvas
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More personally, I believe an artist's work should always be evolving--mine included. During the las few years I have had the desire for a more direct approach to capturing my subject matter, so I decided to take to the open landscape to paint the setting in its natural light. |
Painting "en plein air" has been one of the most frustrating, challenging and extremely rewarding things I have done in a long time. Finishing a plein air painting in about two hours before the sunlight changes produces dramatic and exciting results. My heroes of this genre are the early California Impressionists: Payne, Redmond, Rose, etc.
The experience of "chasing the light" has opened new door in my creative process. I now, truly believe that I have to work from life, outdoors, in order to capture the true quality of the moment. The process of painting in the field is not mere0ly visual. It is one, which utilizes all of my senses. I feel the plein air experience enhances the creative process of my studio paintings by keeping them fresh and vibrant. In inclement weather I work from the many photographs I've taken of the American landscape.
I will never stop growing as an artist. |
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