by Nanci Hersh | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s fun to be a tourist whether you are venturing to a new destination or revisiting your home town. The upcoming exhibition of my Koi Pond Series at Mala Galleria in Kennett Square, PA, from May 1- June 3, 2014 is a great opportunity to...
by Nanci Hersh | Apr 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
April. Doesn’t that have a lovely sound to it? Conjures up images of daffodils and other signs of new life.Signs of Life IIencaustic on birch14″ x 14″©2014NanciHershSpeaking of sounds and new life one sure sign of spring here is the high...
by Nanci Hersh | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The opportunity to teach or to take a workshop can be an integral part of your practice as an artist.Each role is a way to strengthen, develop or gain new skills, network, and meet interesting people.So what makes a great workshop? Participants at...
by Nanci Hersh | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is something so yummy – so luminous, so… seductive about encaustic, the medium of pigmented wax. And relatively simple, as Joanne Mattera writes in her comprehensive guide The Art of Encaustic Painting- “The basic formula for encaustic can...
by Nanci Hersh | Mar 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
This past Saturday, March 22, 2014 my elementary school suffered a 4 alarm fire in the central Jersey community I grew up in.The day after the fire, James Monroe Elementary Schoolphoto by Caryl FelicettaI haven’t been back to the old neighborhood in years, but...
