Nancy Howe is a self-taught artist who began
developing her art seriously in 1988 from her rural studio in Vermont.
Her paintings in oils are subtle, with a soft, refined quality of realism
that emphasizes light and strong design. They span the range of subject
matter from animals and birds, to landscape, still life, and figures.
She is a signature member of Oil Painters of America and the Society
of Animal Artists and a former signature member of American Academy of
Women Artists.2. Her paintings
have become part of several museum permanent collections and been the
recipient of numerous awards from the S.A.A., the National Arts for the
Parks Competition, and the A.A.W.A., including best in show honors in
the 1999, 2001, and 2005-06 annual exhibition.
In 2003 she was the recipient of the grand prize, the American National
Award of Excellence, from the twelfth annual exhibition of the Oil Painters
of America. The artist also received the International Masters Award
and Patron’s Choice Award at the 2001 International Masters of
Fine Art Invitational in San Antonio, Texas. She was the first woman
artist chosen in the history of the US Department of Interior’s
Federal Duck Stamp Program (1991) that was established in 1934. She has
exhibited as an invited artist in the Artists of America Show at the
Colorado History Museum and the Great American Artists Exhibition in
Cincinnati, OH. She has had work juried into the Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Art Museum’s
bird and wildlife exhibitions since 1990, and in 2005 she was honored
as Birds in Art Master Wildlife Artist. She has been a contributing artist
in several art publications, most recently in the 2001 Wildlife Art:
Sixty Contemporary Masters and Their Work.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK OF NANCY HOWE
Nancy’s oil paintings exhibit a refined quality of realism
often described as suffused with light, exquisitely textural, and having
a quiet presence. Her unique treatment of the subject matter, which spans
the range from birds and animals to landscape, figures, and still life,
is created through thoughtful compositions, strong design, and the expression
of light. The subject is often a vehicle for the metaphorical expression
of an idea or thought in a visual poem. Her use of curvilinear compositions
and the suggested motion of the bird or animal subjects give life and
freedom to her images. Through repetition of the flowing lines she creates
a sense of harmony, and balances this movement with areas of quiet space.
Although much of the emotional power the artist is able to convey comes
from dynamic composition, the predominant power effected by her treatment
of the subject matter is one of gentleness and peace.
For more information:
contact the artist at 802.362.2244 or
howeart.vt@gmail.com.
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