by Nanci Hersh | Oct 6, 2021 | Inspiration, Works of Art
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021, I’m asking you to join me in supporting women. If you’ve known me for a while you know that I’ve had my own personal experiences with the disease. This year I’m reflecting and appreciating that...
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 7, 2021 | Inspiration, Paintings
Brilliant color, fluid organic forms, and magnificent scale of the work by master glass artist Dale Chihuly is truly mind blowing. An early influence on my koi paintings, a visit to Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle was a highlight during a recent trip to the...
by Nanci Hersh | Aug 28, 2018 | Inspiration, Mixed media, Paintings
Continuing to explore and riff on the notion of home, leaving the nest and what we find, keep, and leave behind.
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 5, 2017 | drawings, Inspiration, Paintings
“The curse of cancer created a strange and strained existence, challenging me to be neither blind to, nor bound by, death’s approach. Even when the cancer was in retreat, it cast long shadows”. Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air I can’t...
by Nanci Hersh | Aug 24, 2017 | Home/Studio, Inspiration, Painting by the Pond, Painting by the Pond Workshop
Painting by the Pond is one of my favorite weeks of the summer. It’s when I share my backyard gardens and beloved koi pond with creative, talented, energetic, and warm individuals. Each participant comes a few hours a day to paint, draw, and this year, make...
by Nanci Hersh | Jun 12, 2017 | Art Events, Art Exhibitions and Events, Inspiration, photographs
Graduation. May and June are filled with ceremonies and celebrations marking this milestone. Whether you have it all mapped out; moving on to college, post graduate degree, travel or have a job lined up, or- like most, face What Now? – Congratulations! You did...
