Nancy Wolfe - "Atlantis" Mixed Media Painting

"Atlantis"
Mixed Media Painting on Canvas.
36" x 48"


Nancy Wolfe

When I was about ten years old, I overheard my mother tell someone that I had the worst handwriting of all of her kids (there were three of us). I was shocked. I think it must have stayed with me forever because here I am, writing with paint, trying to make it not so.

I've always felt a pull toward language and good storytelling, when an ordinary moment becomes a profound experience. I am seduced by the 'color' and richness of a narrative and my paintings are a connection, integrating and improvising on ideas with paint.

Four years ago, after being a lifetime urban dweller, I moved into an old farmhouse out in the country and I find the landscape and...

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