Painting
Nancy Ramsey Studio at Ash George
38863 Ash George Road,
Lovettsville, VA 20180
Catoctin Region Cluster, 2025 Stop #13
Elements of nature support the iconic bridge in Glen Echo Park.
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
Artist's Statement
Nancy Ramsey sees art as an exploration and investigates various ways to represent nature alongside man-made structures and the human form in her abstract paintings. She approaches art as an experiment, beginning much of her work through studying maps or en plein air and exploring ways to represent the world. Nancy builds up and cuts into layers of paint material back in the studio as she melds the images in her world with those in her mind to create a satisfying finished product. The resulting abstract paintings are vibrant and complex, featuring familiar elements alongside others that are more abstract.
Elements of nature interact with manmade structures, capturing an impression of Glen Echo Park.
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
An abstraction based on maps and images of the natural and man-made elements around the Woodrow Wilson Bridge as it passes over the Potomac to Alexandria.
Acrylic
Hints of the postmodern architecture of Sea Ranch blend with the northern California coast.
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
Watershed: Potomac, Alexandria is derived from many images. Bits from photographs, maps and memories suggest local waterways and land.
Mixed Media Acrylic
Oil
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.
Acrylic
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.
Acrylic
This series borrows forms, colors and lines from the street art of the world’s cities. These elements combine to create a new abstraction that reflects a sense of place.
Acrylic
Abstract images inspired by my time in Northern California. The painting process involves building up and carving away the wooden panel with paint and power tools.
Acrylic and Oil
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Paintings, prints and cards
Saturday and Sunday Only - June 7 and 8, 2025
Map and Directions:
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Additional notes on the directions: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. Follow parking signs into the field in front of the barn.
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