Nancy DuVergne Smith
Artist Statement:
Watercolor is a breath of life. The color starts rich and mingles to form new associations. Each painting is a conversation with time and intention. The paintings offer a visceral burst of life that leaps from the artwork into the eyes, brain, and very cells of the viewer.
My subject matter—water, plants, people, and abstracts—combine in a new series titled Skins and Petals. Each work explores the notion of color as a liberating, not limiting factor. The collages pose rich color surfaces against crisp cut-paper edges. Figures, hands, and feet play against flower images, enriched with human colors from deep blood red to the medley of skin variations.
Everyday my brush gets wet is a good day.
Watercolor is a breath of life. The color starts rich and mingles to form new associations. Each painting is a conversation with time and intention. The paintings offer a visceral burst of life that leaps from the artwork into the eyes, brain, and very cells of the viewer.
My subject matter—water, plants, people, and abstracts—combine in a new series titled Skins and Petals. Each work explores the notion of color as a liberating, not limiting factor. The collages pose rich color surfaces against crisp cut-paper edges. Figures, hands, and feet play against flower images, enriched with human colors from deep blood red to the medley of skin variations.
Everyday my brush gets wet is a good day.
Artist Bio:
Nancy DuVergne Smith earned a BFA at Tulane University and a masters in English and American literature at Harvard’s Extension school. She has taught writing at Wellesley College, ESL in Egypt, and writing for the web workshops. Her memoir about her first year of retirement from MIT is in progress.
In 2022, she has shown paintings in more than a dozen exhibitions including the New England Watercolor Society’s juried Celebrating New England show and the Newton Art Association’s juried Human Being | Being Human show at the Piano Craft Gallery. Her work was chosen for juried events including the traveling FenceArt Newton show, Unquiet at the Piano Craft Gallery, and a Newton Watercolor Society 2023 calendar. She curated two shows, Regarding Water at the Honeyjones Gallery in Cambridge and co-curated the Art of the Line at Galatea Fine Art. She is a board member and past president of the Newton Art Association.
Nancy DuVergne Smith earned a BFA at Tulane University and a masters in English and American literature at Harvard’s Extension school. She has taught writing at Wellesley College, ESL in Egypt, and writing for the web workshops. Her memoir about her first year of retirement from MIT is in progress.
In 2022, she has shown paintings in more than a dozen exhibitions including the New England Watercolor Society’s juried Celebrating New England show and the Newton Art Association’s juried Human Being | Being Human show at the Piano Craft Gallery. Her work was chosen for juried events including the traveling FenceArt Newton show, Unquiet at the Piano Craft Gallery, and a Newton Watercolor Society 2023 calendar. She curated two shows, Regarding Water at the Honeyjones Gallery in Cambridge and co-curated the Art of the Line at Galatea Fine Art. She is a board member and past president of the Newton Art Association.
