by Nanci Hersh | Jun 2, 2016 | Art Events, Art Exhibitions and Events, Installation art, Paintings, sculpture, Works of Art
“As the years passed the layers of netting multiplied and she began to rely on a different kind of memory. The memory of things she knew but no longer saw.” Brick Lane by Monica Ali. Spent the day yesterday installing my exhibition Ebb & Flow at...
by Nanci Hersh | May 25, 2016 | Art Events, Koi Pond Series, Painting, Paintings, Works of Art
She was not sure what idea she wished to express but the thought that a poetic moment had touched upon her took life within her like an infant hope. She stepped onward bravely. James Joyce. I took a little liberty with Joyce’s quote, making it gender...
by Nanci Hersh | May 12, 2016 | Art Events, Painting, Paintings, Works of Art
Up for Air and into the deep. Going into the studio, or actually, my garage or driveway with cans of spray paint, assorted nets and a large drop cloth is the first step of my work. The shifting patterns created by the nets as stencils on the blank canvas are the...
by Nanci Hersh | May 4, 2016 | Art Exhibitions and Events, artists, Inspiration, Works of Art
Picasso in the bedroom, Matisse in the hall, DeKooning above a chest , Milton Avery in every room, and more…! An invitation this week to visit the home of Berta Kerr in Wilmington, DE was extended to the docents of the DE Art Museum and The Delaware...
by Nanci Hersh | Mar 31, 2016 | Art Events, Art Exhibitions and Events, artists, Inspiration, Works of Art
Davon “D.” Marque Hall is many things- an artist, a semi pro boxer, a teacher, a community organizer, a felon, and, my friend. He is also having his first solo exhibition titled “Pedagogy of the Obsessed” at the North Wilmington Branch Library,...
by Nanci Hersh | Mar 25, 2016 | Commissioned, Home/Studio, Painting, Paintings, Works of Art
Getting Reflection Pond, a recent commissioned diptych (2 panel painting) packed and ready for shipping to Hawaii was an art in itself. While packing and shipping art is something I have done before (just recently sent work to Cedar Street Galleries in Honolulu) I...