Angela Nesbit Bio

Angela Nesbit effortlessly captures light, movement, and texture. Recognized for her portraits of children in motion and her unique style, she uses a palette knife to build energetic layers of paint on top of a heavily underpainted canvas. Angela’s subjects often walk a fine line between abstraction and reality. Settled amid thick layers of paint, her simple subjects wander softly in and out of the background. Chosen by the Charlotte Symphony for the 2009 Spirit of the Symphony Award, “Dancing Girls” showcases Angela’s unique ability to use light, texture and movement to capture a moment as if frozen in time. Angela’s captivating paintings are sought after throughout the Southeast and will no doubt continue to receive acclaim. Although most of Angela’s time is devoted to painting, there has been an enthusiastic demand for her to teach workshops throughout the Southeast. Angela’s passion for teaching shines brightly as she demonstrates her energetic style of painting with palette knife in hand. Angela received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied classical drawing and painting at Queens University and Spirit Square Center for the Arts in Charlotte, N.C. She has studied intensively with Andy Braitman of Charlotte since 2000. She has also studied with many nationally recognized artists such as Cedric and Joanette Egeli, William Schultz, Jove Wang, Camille Przewodek, Peggi Kroll-Roberts and Ken Auster. Angela is committed to further development and carefully selects artists she admires to study under each year. Angela lives in Charlotte with her very supportive husband and their two forever inspiring children.