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ON PAINTING THE FIGURE
I believe a good figurative painter must reveal more than how a person looks. He must imbue the work with the sitter's character. It is a matter of intention. If the artist can name the quality and aims to paint it, he has a shot at creating the "truth" of her for the viewer to read. It is a mysterious process and most figurative painters cannot tell you how they succeed, only that the effort is essential to the success of the finished product.
My Scandinavian heritage may account for the strong inclination I have for narrative painting. In the harsh climate of Norway and Sweden where shortened winter days lead to an acceptance of the brevity of beauty and the beauty of simplicity, excess is not a natural choice. Excesses of color, marks or competing focus are rejected. The challenge of narrative painting in my consciousness is to reduce the excesses to the spareness of a single strength and to tell my sitter's "story" with economy and an even tenor which reveals both mind and spirit.
NANCY A. DUSENBERRY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
EXHIBITIONS: ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 "The Album", Annie's Outpost-Lakemont, Ga.
2013. Central Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga..
2010 "The Fabric of Women" , Quinlan Art Center- Gainesville, Georgia
2003-2005 "Provisions", Lakemont, Georgia
2005 Be Original Art, Atlanta, Ga.
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 Dog Days of Summer, Annie's Outpost, Lakemont, S.C.
2005 Our Studio
2003 Green Rabbit
2003 Images of children- Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta
2000 Full circle- Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014. Wesleyan Art Market, Atlanta, Ga.
2014 ArtFields, Lake City, S.C.
2009 Pinkneyville Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 & 2009 Annie’s at Lakemont
2007 Carisma Gallery The Art of Creighton Island
2005 Wesleyan Art Market
2003 Art Station, stone Mountain, Georgia
2002-2004 Oil Painters of America, Regional
2002 Oil Painters of America National
2001 Quinlan Art Center - Gainsville, Georgia
2000 Art Forms
1999 Art Fest
1998 Artists Atelier of Atlanta 5 exhibitions
2001 Paintings from the School of Marc Chatov
1997 Decatur Visual Arts Exhibition
AWARDS
2001 Quinlan Art Center- Director’s Award
2000 Art forms- Honorable Mention
2000 Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta- First Place
2004 Atlanta Artists Center- First Place "Smokin' bartender"
REPRESENTED BY
Annie's at Alley's, Lakemont, Ga
Annie's Trading Post, Lakemont, Ga.
CORPORATE COLLECTION
Earth Challenge, Atlanta, Georgia
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia
Disney Corporation, Orlando, Florida
Atlanta Gas Light
Wesleyan School
Penn State University
Peachtree and Pine Homeless Shelter
PUBLICATIONS
Blue Milk Magazine
Better Homes and Gardens, March, 2010
Gainesville Times : http://www.gainesvilletimes.com
This Old House
Cottage Style
American Dream Cottages
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Quinlan Artists Center
Art School of Sandy Springs
The Art Department, St Patrick's Episcopal Church
Atlanta Artists Center
Annie's at Alley's