Nancy E Hall » About the Artist
Artist's Statement
I paint all subjects – landscape, still life, portraits - but most often local scenes around the plains near my home in Boulder County and in the Front Range mountains of Colorado. My passion for the out- of-doors finds release in my painting, as the majesty of my surroundings reveals itself in the light that I aspire to capture. I most enjoy the feel of wet oil paint, so most of my work is alla prima, and I prefer to paint from life whenever I can.
Short Biography
My interest in art was stimulated by my mother and by my high school art teacher, an inspiring man named Ken Beatty. My “formal” art training was limited to his classes and a 2-week summer camp at the University of Wisconsin, for which he secured me a scholarship. Painting went by the wayside when I went to college and pursued a career outside the arts. I began painting again as a hobby in 2006 after a decades-long hiatus. I since retired from computer programming, leaving me more time to take up painting in earnest.
I have studied with a variety of Colorado artists, among them (in alphabetical order) Chuck Ceraso, Kim English, Marc Hanson, Margaret Jensen, Michael Lynch, Jeanne MacKenzie,and John Taft. I also study the work of artists I admire through books and videos, and enjoy critique sessions with my colleagues at the Plein Air Artists of Colorado paint-outs (Boulder County and Estes Park groups). I am grateful to all of these artists for their encouragement and shared wisdom.
I began to show my work in 2015.
Affiliations/Memberships
Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Artists of Colorado
Galleries
The Glass Tipi Gallery, Ward, CO
Juried Shows
The Best of Your Best, Framed Image, Denver, CO Feb 4 - May 3, 2025
Snow Much Fun, Framed Image, Denver, CO Sept 24, 2024-Jan 30, 2025
2024 Plein Air Artists Colorado annual show - online
2022 Plein Air Artists Colorado annual show - online
2021 Outdoor Creations, The Great Frame Up, 430 Main Street, Longmont, CO., Nov 12, 2021 -Jan 3, 2022 - Honorable Mention
Safer Outside Online Art Show and Sale, Plein Air Artists Colorado (pleinairartistscolorado.com), 2nd place
The 144 Exhibit: Colorado Showcase 2019, PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave, Parker, CO, Oct 31-Dec 20, 2019
Colorado Fall Colors, R Gallery, 2027 Broadway, Boulder, CO, Sept 24- Oct 27, 2019
Estes Valley Plein Air, Estes Park, Aug 10-24, 2019; show at Art Center of Estes Aug 24-Sept 27, 2019
22nd Annual Show, Plein Air Artists Colorado, Studio 8369, 111t]7 Grand Ave, Grand Lake, CO, June 1 - June 28, 2019
First annual Estes Valley Plein Air, August 18-31, 2018; show at Art Center of Estes, Sept 1-30, 2018
2018 Outdoor Creations - A Boulder County Juried Art Show, The Great Frame Up, 430 Main Street, Longmont, CO., Oct 12-Nov 2, 2018 - 3rd Place
21st Annual Show, Plein Air Artists Colorado, Mary Williams Fine Arts, 5311 Western Avenue, Boulder, CO, Sept 8 - Oct 7, 2017
2016 Holiday Gifts and Miniatures, Cultural Arts Council, 432 W. Elkhorn Ave, Estes Park, CO, Nov-Dec 2016
2016 Outdoor Creations - A Boulder County Juried Art Show, The Great Frame Up, 430 Main Street, Longmont, CO. Oct 14 - Nov 4, 2016
20th Annual Show, Plein Air Artists Colorado, Mary Williams Fine Arts, 5311 Western Ave, Boulder, CO, Sept 1-30, 2016
National Treasures, Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, 423 W. Elkhorn Ave, Estes Park, CO, July 1-31, 2016
25th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, 2260 E. Colfax, Denver, CO. December 4, 2015 - January 16, 2016
Colorado Plein Air 2015, Denver Public Library, 7th floor, 10 W. 14th Ave., Denver, CO. November 17 , 2015- Jan 3, 2016 - 3rd Place, Emerging Artists
Small Works Juried Art Show, Vilona Gallery, 1815 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO., November 1 - December 31, 2015
Celebrating the Season, CAC Fine Art Gallery, 423 West Elkhorn, Estes Park, CO. November 28, 2015 - January 3, 2016
19th Annual Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, 517 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park, CO. October 30 - November 14, 2015
32nd Annual All Colorado Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO. July 30- August 30, 2015
August Heat, Artists Association of Northern Colorado, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, CO. August 5-8, 2015
Evergreen Artists Association Spring 2015 Show, Main Street Fine Art Gallery, Evergreen CO. April 24 - May 25, 2015
