Work samples
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Perusing the Unread White
This Museum picture was inspired from a visit to the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart Tasmania. The art installation was a library of blank white books. I have shown the movement of patrons through the space, focusing on a man dressed in a black shirt as he moves through the space, and the books make their mark on him.
About Nancy
Nancy Keene Fishel's current work focuses on observations of people moving through spaces, both at home and abroad. This documentation reflects an interest in the ephemeral and the inevitable passage of time, 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 are all… more
Pedestrians
In this series, I explore the movement of people through public, mostly urban spaces. As I travel, I am often drawn to the people moving through a city, town or landscape, how they intersect and interact with the environment and one another. As the series has progressed, I have been focusing on trying to place the people in less specific locals, making the focus of the artwork the movement of the individuals and groups, rather than placing them into a specific location.
Pedestrian Prints
In this series I reinterpret images from my Pedestrian digital paintings into block prints. I often create multiple printing plates from one reference in order to print a series that may include a single plate, be a diptych or a triptych or a print that contains multiple images.
Visits to a Museum
People visit museums for many different reasons, for personal or spiritual inspiration, to inspire creativity, create a personal space for thoughtfulness, to appreciate the skill and thoughts of others, to learn about art history and cultures, to escape the everyday world, for solitude or to interact with other people, to name a few. These reasons powerfully resonate with me; however, I also have been drawn to observing the ways other people experience the spaces and artworks they encounter in these public edifices.
I love to visit museums when I travel, and have certainly been moved, educated and inspired by exhibits I have seen. However, I also have become enthralled with watching how other people experience these public spaces; how they look at the art, move through the spaces, interact with other visitors, and become a dynamic part of the museum experience. This is what I have strived to document in this series of digital paintings.
Many of these images are composites of multiple photographs, which are then used as references as I layer the photographs to create a finished composition that is digitally painted. The movement, overlapping images and solitary figures are culled from multiple images to be included in a final composition. Some of the artworks are obscured, some are celebrated, and some have their scale or details changed. Art from Art, inspiration is to be found everywhere.
Museum part II
A continuation of the Museum series, including prints that have been developed form the original digital paintings. For the block prints, I have chosen parts of various compositions and reinterpreted them into block print designs
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Impermanance of Perception
Digital painting
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Perusing the Unread White
Digital painting
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Walking and Waiting
Digital painting
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Step/ RepeatAvailable for Purchase
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Fading into the Future
Digital painting
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Side By SideAvailable for Purchase
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StrideAvailable for Purchase
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Clouds of Childhood Dreams
Digital painting
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Stars and Cars
Digital painting
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GlanceAvailable for Purchase
Walk and Wheels
I have found that by observing people as I travel, there is a consistent flow of people walking and riding wheeled vehicles, especially bicycles. These works draw their inspiration of these two modes of travel and their convergence into singular compositions.
Special Places
Although much of my work addresses the idea of people in motion, some compositions are tied to specific places from my travels. These compositions not only address my consistent fascination with movement, but also act as personal rememberances of many of the places I have traveled to, both near to home and abroad.
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Boardwalk Stroll
Digital painting
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5th Avenue
Digital painting
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Highline
Oil painting
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Dog Walking
Oil painting
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Nature Reclaims
Oil painting
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Pop Bar
Digital painting
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Saturday Market Meandering
Digital painting
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The Stork Delivers the Goods
Digital painting
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Song and Dance
The arts are often inspirations to each other. Although I am a visual artist, I love to watch and sometimes participate in other arts. These artworks celebrate those connections.
Many Various Investigations
Sometimes I create artworks that do not fit into easy categories. Sometime I just have to play! This was especially true during the pandemic, when I was not able to travel, observe people in groups or do public activities.