In my work, I strive to contrast and unite the reality of a subject with abstract design. Color, value and line draw themselves in everything around us. The trick is to isolate the design elements without losing the content. By creating a tension between the abstract and the real I hope to share 'new eyes' for everyday experiences.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

Aug-Sept, 2021 - "2021 National Juried Art Exhibition", Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County,CAC, Douglasville, GA, Honorable Mention "Horse Race Study I" ,4th Annual Mary Ann Carney Merit Award "With Lemon, Please!" 

Jun - Aug, 2021 - "Farm to Table", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Carl Linstrom,Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Second Place "Three Ducks" 

Mar - Apr, 2021 - "East Meets West", Juried Exhibition with Atlanta Ikebana Association, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Jan - Feb, 2021 - "Renewal", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Wesley Terpstra, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Second Place "Studio with Blue" 

 

RECENT AWARDS:

"Animal Instincts", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Karen Lowe, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention, "Good Night Rooster"

"Reality or Abstraction", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Erin Bailey, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention "Tranquility Beach"

"East Meets West", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Charles Young Walls, Grandview Avenue Gallery - Atlanta, GA, Third Place "Appaloosa Autumn"

"Renewal", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Wesley Terpstra, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Second Place "Studio with Blue" 

"Animal Instincts", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Karen Lowe, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention, "Good Night Rooster" 

"Reality or Abstraction", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Erin Bailey, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA Honorable Mention "Tranquility Beach" 

"East Meets West", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Charles Young Walls, Grandview Avenue Gallery - Online, Atlanta, GA, Third Place "Appaloosa Autumn" 

"Abstraction or Reality", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Deloris Kennedy, Grandview Avenue Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention "French Blue"

"Celebration of Art", National Juried Exhibition, Artists of Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas,Honorable Mention "Valentines Date"

"Animal Instincts", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Bruce Bobick, Grandview Gallery, Second Place "Silver Beau"

"61st Annual Juried Show", Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, First Place Acrylic "French Blue"

"61st Annual Juried Show", Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Best in Show "The Pink Umbrella"

"32nd National Juried Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Ann Cockerill, South Cobb Art Alliance, Pat Vaugh Cultural Arts Center, Special Award "He's a Good Dog"

"FALC’s 24th Annual Juried Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, Cary, North Carolina, Honorable Mention "The Elephant in MY Room"

"Spring Fling", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Linda Mohan, Binders Limelight Gallery, Honorable Mention "The Gravel Road"

"Synchronicity", Juried Exhibition, Juror, Alan Tiegreen, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Second Place "Sunday in the Park"

NOVIS National Open Visual Arts Exhibition, Cultural Arts Council, Douglas County- Honorable Mention "Red Red Rooster".

"Animal Instincts", Juried Exhibition, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta Honorable Mention "Elephants in MY Room"

SCAA 31th National Juried Exhibition, Charles Young Walls, Juror, South Cobb Arts Alliance- First Place "French Blue".

GAA 60th National Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL- Second Place Acrylic Painting "Pelicans".

"GAA 59th National Juried Exhibit" - Hank D. Herring, Juror, Gadsden Art Museum, Gadsden, AL, First Place Acrylic Painting "Red Storm Rising"

"Synchronicity" Juried Exhibition - Jim Chapman, Juror, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, Third Place "Natalie on Tuesday"

"Dogwood" Juried Exhibition - Margaret Dyer, Juror, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention "Valentines Date"

BIOGRAPHY:

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, NancyJeanette’s artistic career began at an early age when she began painting with her mother on Sunday afternoons. Surrounded by art books, paintings and sculpture at home, NancyJeanette always knew she wanted to be a painter.  “I can still see the reproductions of Renoir, Picasso and Klee that covered our walls,” says NancyJeanette.  “My mother never received art instruction, but she had "the eye" of an artist. I think I inherited that!”

Her early influences included Picasso, Cezanne and Matisse for their daring use of paint to communicate beyond the surface of objects in our everyday world. This interest in communication of “inner subject” became an integral part of her own work. Her use of color and line has been influenced by such diverse artists as Georgia O’Keefe, Hans Hoffman, David Hockney, Stephanie London, Erik Heck and Tomas Sunyol.

NancyJeanette attended Texas Christian University, University of Texas, Indiana University and East Tennessee State University, where she studied languages and received advanced degrees in French, Slavic Linguistics, and Early Childhood Education and took “a few art classes along the way”. After completing her degrees, she began a formal study of art at University of West Georgia in Carrollton.  She taught art at the Heritage School in Newnan, Ga for many years. Her early work concentrated on oil and pastel paintings which were shown in local galleries and art fairs. She has studied and taken workshops with Tom Powers, Charles Reid, Everett Kinsler, Anne Emerson Hall, Diana Tomo, David Boyd, James Richards and Laura Lanford.

Selectively simplified, her works are simultaneously abstraction and realism. Today she works exclusively in acrylics, enjoying their freedom and versatility that allows experimentation with color, texture and application. Her works have received awards in numerous national juried art shows. She is a member of the Atlanta Artists Center, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Douglasville Cultural Arts, and her work regularly appears in exhibitions throughout the Southern region of the United States.