Timely Transitions
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Opening Reception June 29th, 2024 4pm-6pm Show runs from - June 29th, 2024 - September 7th, 2024 Artist Talk 09/07/2024 4:30pm |
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Artist - Nancy Keene Fishel
Statement
Time moves quickly, changing from one moment to the next, however art can freeze those moments into images that stay the same for all time. As I observe people walking through streets and a variety of public places, I am enthralled with the always changing relationships of individuals to their environments and one another as they move through space. Aiming to capture the dynamism and constantly changing relationships of these moving crowds, I create digital paintings, that focus on composition and movement; as well as telling the story of that moment. These digital compositions are then mined for images to transform into block prints. This allows me to use multiple media to illustrate moments in time through various lenses. Movement through space that reflects the ephemeral and inevitable passage of time.
Selected Art Exhibits:
2023- “Walk and Wheels”; Maryland Federation of Art show at Hospice of Chesakeake
2032, 2022- Overlea Arts Festival, award winner in both Realism and Abstraction categories
2023, 2017-19, 2014, 2012 - solo shows at Sedona restaurant, Bethany Beach Delaware, 2023 exhibit “All the Pretty Gulls”
2019-present- Member and exhibiting artist at Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2019-present- Curates and participates in monthly exhibits at TAC Kenilworth gallery
2022- “From Digital to…” Featured artist show at the Towson Arts Collective in Towson Maryland
2021, 2018- Creative Alliance Big Show
2019-present- Multiple juried shows at the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis MD; Award winner in Digital Directions exhibit
2018- Bread and Circuses, “All the Children Dance and Play”- solo show
2018- Solo show at Arbutus Library
2017- Featured artist at 1st and Pond gallery, Rehoboth Beach Delaware
2017 - 2019- Baltimore County Arts Guild member’s show
2016 - Rehoboth Arts League, juried show Women Artists and members showcases
2016 - Baltimore Arts Guild New Member’s show
2014 - Liv 2 Eat, “Moving Moments” solo show, Baltimore Maryland
Selected Art Exhibits:
2023- “Walk and Wheels”; Maryland Federation of Art show at Hospice of Chesakeake
2032, 2022- Overlea Arts Festival, award winner in both Realism and Abstraction categories
2023, 2017-19, 2014, 2012 - solo shows at Sedona restaurant, Bethany Beach Delaware, 2023 exhibit “All the Pretty Gulls”
2019-present- Member and exhibiting artist at Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2019-present- Curates and participates in monthly exhibits at TAC Kenilworth gallery
2022- “From Digital to…” Featured artist show at the Towson Arts Collective in Towson Maryland
2021, 2018- Creative Alliance Big Show
2019-present- Multiple juried shows at the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis MD; Award winner in Digital Directions exhibit
2018- Bread and Circuses, “All the Children Dance and Play”- solo show
2018- Solo show at Arbutus Library
2017- Featured artist at 1st and Pond gallery, Rehoboth Beach Delaware
2017 - 2019- Baltimore County Arts Guild member’s show
2016 - Rehoboth Arts League, juried show Women Artists and members showcases
2016 - Baltimore Arts Guild New Member’s show
2014 - Liv 2 Eat, “Moving Moments” solo show, Baltimore Maryland
Biography
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Nancy Keene Fishel is a visual artist who currently works in Maryland and Delaware. Ms. Fishel’s work focuses on observations of people moving through spaces, both at home and abroad. The dynamism of human movement, passing of time, the energy of our ever-changing lives and interaction of people are a focus of these compositions. Dance, play, music, art, walking, running, cycling, becoming lost in a crowd, spending time with friends and being alone, all are inspirations for her work. Life, time and people do not stand still, and she strives to capture those moments in time.
Much of Ms. Fishel’s work is in series, sometimes starting with a digital painting and interpreting images into paint and prints. These groupings begin with photos from personal travels and experiences and layer multiple images to create a digital painting, losing the photographs in the process. Sections of the digital painting are selected that are then used to create individual images or multi-sectioned compositions using both block printing and painting. Many of the print compositions and paintings are multi-sectional, resulting in series that are related, but not identical. Recent series include Walk and Wheels, Locations Locomotion, All the Children Dance and Play, and the Museum series. Nancy Keene Fishel is the president and gallery coordinator for the Towson Arts Collective in Towson, Maryland, an active member of the Hamilton Arts Collective in Baltimore, Maryland and shows at a variety of galleries and restaurants in the region. For twenty-three years she taught art in Baltimore County Public Schools, having the privilege to work with students in grades K-12. She also was an adjunct professor at Towson University with their Arts Integration Institute, teaching graduate students the connections between the arts, reading and writing in school settings. Recently she was a docent at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and still meets with that group regularly to discuss books, art and other closely related subjects. |