Nancy Hughes Miller art: January 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Colorful Landscape Paintings

Field and Sky 16x40

Inlet Marsh Afternoon 16x40

Morning Beach Cloud II 18x24

Marsh Escape 18x14

Blue Sands 36x36

Oil paintings now at Fine Art at Baxter's in New Bern, North Carolina

With my art, I hope to capture rare, unspoiled vistas— places where ongoing human development threatens. I paint deserted beaches, tranquil marshes, colorful seas, rural fields and vast skies interpreted by my memory and imagination.

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

NEW! "Blue Marsh Clouds" 40x30

Blue Marsh Clouds 40x30

The summer sky provides much inspiration for my paintings. Here a change in weather is signaled by large indigo clouds moving across the green marsh landscape.

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Inspired by beauty in the landscape, I seek to capture a bold yet quiet impression of everyday nature — as the colors of sky, earth and water converge on the horizon.

Nancy worked as a graphic designer for many years after graduating from North Carolina State's School of Design. Now a full-time painter in her Cary home studio, she remains influenced by the eye-opening, multifaceted education she received at NCSU which included classes in figure drawing, photography and art history. A lifetime of creative explorations, her design career, workshops and self-instruction also shape Nancy as a artist. But foremost, a love of the natural world — its beauty and fragility — inspires her to create her paintings.

Reflected in Nancy's art is the coastal environment of southeastern North Carolina, where she grew up and visits often. She enjoys painting from memory, observation and imagination — not always relying on photographs. Working in oils, Nancy explores color and light, shapes and forms to create a contemporary landscape in her own style. And though derived from familiar places, her scenes are usually not of a specific location. Instead she seeks to capture a bold yet quiet impression of everyday nature — as the colors of sky, earth and water converge on the horizon.