NANCY REYNER | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT

NANCY REYNER | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I like to refer to my paintings as exotic landscapes—otherworldly places that are beautiful and meditative. Nature is my muse for inspiring luminous interpretations of air, water, earth, and light. Merging the literal and metaphorical, I work on each painting until the image hovers somewhere between pure abstraction and realistic landscape.

The ability to dream and create new worlds by taking a flat surface and transforming it into the illusion of 3D is the gift that painters can bring to the world. With this concept of manipulating dimensions, a painter may point out something that already exists but in such a skillful manner that the viewer sees it in a brand new way.

This is my mission as an artist—to bring our invisible inner world into tangible physical form. Art is a rewarding pursuit that adds quality of life, and I share this passion in my art and with my students.

Nancy Reyner is a contemporary painter known for inventing unusual acrylic techniques. Her images allude to heavenly landscape, with illuminated subject matter using reflective materials like gold leaf. She has appeared on HGTV’s “That’s Clever” and authored four bestselling art books with Penguin. She received her B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. Nancy lives in Santa Fe and enjoys teaching from her studio. Learn more at NancyReyner.com.