Baker Artist Portfolios

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 inspirations of her work. Life, time and people do not stand still, and she strives to capture these movements in time.
Much of Mrs. 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, layering multiple images to create a digital painting, losing the photographs in the process. Sections of the digital paintings are selected 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.

Nancy Keene Fishel is the president and gallery director of the Towson Arts Collective in Towson, Maryland and an active member of the Hamilton Arts Collective in Baltimore, Maryland. She shows her work a a variety of galleries and restaurants in the region, including recent inclusion in juried and individual shows at the Maryland Federation of Art, Zo Gallery, Gallery Blue door and Highlandtown Gallery. For twenty three years she taught Art in the Baltimore County Public Schools, having the privilege to work with students in grades K-12. She was also an adjunct professor at Towson University with their Arts Integration Institute, teaching grad students connections between the arts, reading and writing in school settings. Recently, she was a docent at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and still meets regularly with that group to discuss books, art and other closely related subjects.

Over her career, Ms. Fishel has experimented in a variety of art making techniques including wood and stone sculpture, cabinetmaking, ceramics, painting, digital art and block printmaking.