Work samples

  • Downpour
    Downpour

    Downpour is a three part print of bicyclists and people walking in the rain. Below the triptych is another image of bicycle wheels being ridden through the rain.

  • Slow Looking
    Slow Looking

    "Slow Looking" is from my Museum series that investigates the ways patrons visit museums. In this image, a colorful display of posters is inferred as they sit on brightly colored walls. Some patrons sit on a bench as others walk slowly in front of the yellow displays.

  • Two Dresses
    Two Dresses

    This block print diptych shows two different women from my Pedestrian series. The woman on the left is printed in black and white with a black background and the woman on the right is wearing an orange dress, created by using a stencil beneath the black print.

  • Perusing the Unread White
    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.

  • Jazz, Fast and Slow
    Jazz, Fast and Slow

    Digital painting

    12" x 18"

    Available for Purchase
  • Pedestrians Rule the Road
    Pedestrians Rule the Road

    Digital painting

    12" x 18"

  • Lockstep
    Lockstep
    Available for Purchase
  • White and Black
    White and Black
    Available for Purchase
  • A Flash of Peach
    A Flash of Peach
  • Bits of Bikes
    Bits of Bikes
  • Couples
    Couples
  • White Umbrella
    White Umbrella
  • Strutting in the City
    Strutting in the City
  • Pedestrians #1
    Pedestrians #1

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.

  • Stripes
    Stripes
    Available for Purchase
  • White Unbrella
    White Unbrella
    Available for Purchase
  • Two Dresses
    Two Dresses
    Available for Purchase
  • Family Outing
    Family Outing
  • White and Black
    White and Black
  • Pedestrians#4
    Pedestrians#4
  • Pedestrian #1
    Pedestrian #1
  • A Couple of Cyclists
    A Couple of Cyclists
  • Pedestrian #2
    Pedestrian #2

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.

  • Staircase to Discovery
    Staircase to Discovery

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Slow Looking
    Slow Looking

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • A Brush with Johns
    A Brush with Johns
  • Gilding the Mountain
    Gilding the Mountain
  • Walking Blindly
    Walking Blindly
  • Decending in the Darkness
    Decending in the Darkness
  • Peackock Resplendant
    Peackock Resplendant
  • Human
    Human
  • Picturing Kahlo
    Picturing Kahlo
  • Three Women and the Demoiselles
    Three Women and the Demoiselles

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

  • Impermanance of Perception
    Impermanance of Perception

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Perusing the Unread White
    Perusing the Unread White

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Walking and Waiting
    Walking and Waiting

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Step/ Repeat
    Step/ Repeat
    Available for Purchase
  • Fading into the Future
    Fading into the Future

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Side By Side
    Side By Side
    Available for Purchase
  • Stride
    Stride
    Available for Purchase
  • Clouds of Childhood Dreams
    Clouds of Childhood Dreams

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Stars and Cars
    Stars and Cars

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Glance
    Glance
    Available for Purchase

Wheels

People in public spaces are observed as they ride bicycles or scooters  through the urban environment.

  • Bits of Bikes
    Bits of Bikes
    Available for Purchase
  • Walk and Wheels
    Walk and Wheels
  • Downpour
    Downpour
  • Downpour
    Downpour
  • A Turn @ the Park
    A Turn @ the Park
  • Cyclistic
    Cyclistic
  • Cyclistic
    Cyclistic
  • Spinning Spokes
    Spinning Spokes
  • Spokes
    Spokes
    Available 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.

  • Intersection
    Intersection

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Downpour
    Downpour

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Downpour
    Downpour
    Available for Purchase
  • Walk and Wheels
    Walk and Wheels
    Available for Purchase

Location Locomotion

Observations of people moving through various specific places in my travels around the world are the focus of this series.

  • Two By Two
    Two By Two
    Available for Purchase
  • Rush in Black
    Rush in Black
    Available for Purchase
  • Memories of Distant Destinations
    Memories of Distant Destinations
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
  • Dog Walking
    Dog Walking
  • Rush in Black
    Rush in Black

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.

  • Boardwalk Stroll
    Boardwalk Stroll

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • 5th Avenue
    5th Avenue

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Highline
    Highline

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Dog Walking
    Dog Walking

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Nature Reclaims
    Nature Reclaims

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Pop Bar
    Pop Bar

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Saturday Market Meandering
    Saturday Market Meandering

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase
  • The Stork Delivers the Goods
    The Stork Delivers the Goods

    Digital painting

    Available for Purchase

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.

  • Visual Bionic Aging
    Visual Bionic Aging

    Mixed media

  • Auditory Bionic Aging
    Auditory Bionic Aging

    Mixed Media

  • Step Dance
    Step Dance

    Oil painting

  • Truths art Told Behind Masks
    Truths art Told Behind Masks

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Past Their Prime
    Past Their Prime

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Masks 2*
    Masks 2*

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase
  • Rebirth
    Rebirth

    Oil painting

    Available for Purchase