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ARTIST’S
STATEMENT
I began painting figures with Marc Chatov, the premier figure and
portrait artist in the southeast, and with Burton Silverman and
Daniel Green, figure and portrait artists with signal reputations in
the northeast.
 It
was in meeting Ann Templeton, a well known western landscape
painter, that moved me to paint plein air. The discipline of plein
air painting puts the finest point on the necessity of editing;
combining hues of the same color to make a few beautiful shapes.
I continued study with plein air painters Kim English, Sue Stewart,
Roger Dale Brown and Perry Austin, learning the lessons of control
and restraint. When that lesson moved from my head to the brush
everything improved; landscapes, and most certainly, portraits.
ON PORTRAITURE
My inspiration
comes from the works of Sargent, Sorrolla, Henri, Cassatt and Hopper.
I believe a good portrait must reveal more than how a person looks.
It must tell something of the interior life of the subject. The
painting should do more than hint at what the sitter thinks, what
the likes and dislikes are, what his life pace is or what life
experiences can be revealed in her gaze. In other words, the painter
must imbue the work with the sitter’s character. It is a mysterious
process and most portrait 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.
For information
about existing paintings, commissioning a painting or future
classes/ workshops by Nancy Dusenberry, contact:
NANCY ADELE
ANDERSON DUSENBERRY
2340 LEISURE LANE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
30338
HOME-770-451-3531
706-746-7595
MOBILE 770-364-2172
ndusen@bellsouth.net
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EXHIBITIONS
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION
2003-5 Provisions, Lakemont, Georgia
2005 Be Original Art
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2003 Green Rabbit
2003-5 Our Studio
2003 Images of children- Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta
2000 Full circle- Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta
GROUP EXHIBITION
2006 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 Quinlin art Center- Gainesville, Georgia
2000 Art Forms
1999 Art Fest
1998 Artists Atelier of Atlanta 5 exhibitions
Blue Milk Magazine
Paintings from the School of Marc Chatov 2001
1997 Decatur Visual Arts Exhibition
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AWARDS
2006 Quinlan
Visual Arts Center First Place
2006 Atlanta
Artists Center Best in Show
Quinlin Art Center- Director’s Award
2000 Art forms- Honorable Mention
2000 Artist’s Atelier of Atlanta- First Place
Memberships
Oil Painters of America
Quinlin Visual Art center
Atlanta Artists Center
Atlanta Portrait Society
REPRESENTED BY
Panoply, Newnan, Georgia
Our Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
Carisma Gallery, Buford, Georgia
CORPORATE COLLECTION
Earth Challenge, Atlanta, Georgia
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia
Disney Corporation, Orlando, Florida
Atlanta Gas Light
Wesleyan School
University of Florida |
