About the Artist
Nanci has a BFA from the University of Oregon, and an MA/MFA from University of Iowa. She has taught at colleges in Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and Colorado. When not in the studio, she gardens or volunteers with the local hospice organization.Click here to SHOP for Works on Paper
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About the Art
My current work is inspired by the fragility, movement and entanglement of layered twining forms. I love the experience of searching for the image in the layers of the work itself, and creating contradictory impulses - approaching and withdrawing -overlapping and pulling apart - density and ethereality - beauty and menace. All images are copyright the artist. No reproduction or use without permission.Join me on Facebook
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Tag Archives: drawing
staying put
On the shelf next to my drawing wall, my studio bunny keeps an eye on my progress. (and also holds spare change, since she’s a piggy bank). Getting ready for the studio tour, I’m doing more drawings, and trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado Artists, drawing, drawings of grass, working at home
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isn’t that my drawing on the floor?
well, parts of it. As you can see, I love to erase. Actually, I think of it more as drawing with a skinny stick of rubber. I just bought a new little gizmo that holds these round white erasers in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist's working process, drawing, Eraser, in the studio, line drawings, Nanci Erskine
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pruning and editing
Yesterday was a winter anomaly. A day in the high 50′s with sun shining. Well, OK it’s almost March, but in these parts the snow can seriously fly this month. So, after consulting our recently made list of “stuff that … Continue reading
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Tagged Charcoal, drawing, drawings of vines, gardening, Pruning, vines, working process
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Putting it on paper
in the last few weeks, I’ve found my way back to drawing and am playing with various ideas about tangled-ness. Grasses. Vines. Sometimes it moves more toward the more complex and sometimes less is more. But only if the “less” … Continue reading
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Tagged art, draw, drawing, erskine, Graphite, grasses, Nanci Erskine, Paper, Pencil, United States, Visual Arts, visual sources
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