Painting
Nancy Ramsey Art
38863 Ash George Road,
Lovettsville, VA 20180
Catoctin Region Cluster, 2023 Stop #10
About
Elements of nature interact with manmade structures, capturing an impression of Glen Echo Park.
Art, to me, is primarily about the process. It’s my reaction both to the world and to the marks I am making on the canvas. The finished product becomes a record of my process.
I may find inspiration in a figure, a landscape, music, or the bits of images and thought that swirl in my head. Regardless of how I begin, the work evolves beyond my initial plan. The act of painting is improvisational. As I work, each new move comes as a reaction to the one before. I can’t tell you exactly what I’ll do next until I’ve finished the current stroke. Although I consider these elements as I work, the act of painting is often spontaneous and unstructured. It’s a conversation, where I enjoy the twists and turns of the interaction rather than worrying about where I’ll end. What is left, the final painting, is a chronicle of my process, of that conversation between my intuition and the materials.
Layers are built up and carved away, using a variety of tools and materials. The process echoes the building up of earth and carving away of water, reflecting the Rappahannock watershed.
Layers are built up and carved away, using a variety of tools and materials. The process echoes the building up of earth and carving away of water, reflecting the Piankatank watershed.
Images from maps and photos are abstractly portrayed over a base of waste material that was headed for the trash heap. Layers of paint and materials are built up and carved away, reflecting what happens in the watershed.
Images from maps and photos are abstractly portrayed over a base of acrylic mediums. Layers of paint and materials are built up and carved away, reflecting what happens in the watershed.
Various images from photos, architecture and maps mingle across the canvas as they might in the mind, creating an abstraction that invites lingering consideration.
Watershed: Lynchburg, to the James is a combination of images. Bits recalled from photographs, maps and memories suggest local waterways, vegetation and railroad bridges. The natural and man-made stand in contrast, each claiming its space on the map.
Hints of the postmodern architecture of Sea Ranch blend with the northern California coast.
Elements of nature support the iconic bridge in Glen Echo Park.
Watershed: Potomac, Alexandria is derived from many images. Bits from photographs, maps and memories suggest local waterways and land.
The Watershed: Historic Alexandria Waterfront series portray the changing shoreline in the latter half of the 1700s. Man-made streets, docks & wharves vie with native plants & waterways in these paintings. The changes now combine with climate change to create a threatening situation within our city.
Available from this artist:
Paintings
Saturday and Sunday Only
Map and Directions:
Directions to Nancy Ramsey Art:
From Route 9 take Route 287 north. Go 2 miles. Turn right onto Ash George Rd. Go .2 miles to the stone barn on the right.
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