David Nance
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Art is not a separate thing in my life, everything I see is through eyes that work on painting possibilities. How would I go about capturing that? How could I see that differently? The fact that I can be moved by art has always fascinated me, the way I can be drawn into more than what I am seeing. It is like when a piece of music takes me to a time or place. When I am painting I am inspired by the quality of light, how it defines and sculpts the subject. I have been using oil paints for the past few years to give me control over hard and soft edges. There is a little more blending time with the oils. There is also a luminous quality that responds well to chasing the light. Over time I have developed a vocabulary of brushwork to describe what I see and express feeling in my work. I like using familiar subjects and paint them in a way that leaves something for the imagination. |
Fine Art Exhibitions
2012 "Coastal Carolina" Solo Exhibition / Figure 8 Island with Tyler White O'Brien Gallery - Wilmington, NC
2011 "Southern Landscapes" Solo Exhibition / Fine Art Carolina - Mebane, NC
2010 "David Nance, Nicole White Kennedy, Frank Russell Exhibition / Carteret Contemporary Art - Morehead City, NC
2010 "David Nance, Sabre Esler Exhibition / Tyler White Gallery - Greensboro, NC
2010 "Mind's Eye" Solo Exhibition / Alamance County Arts Council - Graham, NC
2008 "Impressions" Solo Exhibition / Vision Gallery - Atlantic Beach, NC
2007 "16th Annual Juried Exhibition" Oil Painters of America - Fredricksburg, Texas
2007 "Winter Show Group Exhibition" Green Hill Center for NC Art - Greensboro, NC
2007 "Landscape in Art" Group Exhibition / City Art Gallery - Greenville, NC
2006 "Carolina Visions" Solo Exhibition / Solo Gallery - Winston Salem, NC
2006 "Asoloare Fine Arts Exhibition" Group Exhibition / National Gallery of Macedonia in Skopje
2006 "Summer Salon of Travelscapes" Group Exhibition / City Art Gallery - Greenville, NC
2005 "Local Color" David Nance, Sally Sutton, Wayne Epperly / Alamance County Arts Council - Graham, BNC
2004 "Best of America 2004" National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society - Award for Most Innovative
2004 "New Works" Solo Exhibition / Solo Art Gallery - Winston Salem, NC
2004 "David Nance, Keith Lambert Exhibition" / Carteret Contemporary Art - Morehead City, NC
2003 "Asolare Fine Arts Exhibition" Group Exhibition / Cork Gallery at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
2002 "David Nance, Rodney Moser Exhibition" / Carteret Contemporary Art - Morehead City, NC
2001 "New Works From the South of France" Solo Exhibition / ERL Gallery - Winston Salem, NC
2000 "French Impression" Solo Exhibition / Alamance County Arts Council - Graham, NC
1999 Babcock Law Center Group Exhibition / Wake Forest University - Winston Salem, NC
1999 "Paintings and Drawings" Solo Exhibition / Caswell County Civic Center - Yanceyville, NC
1999 "Expressions in Color" Solo Exhibition / Theatre Art Gallery - High Point, NC
1998 "Collectors Show" Group Exhibition / Somerhill Gallery - Chapel Hill, NC
1998 "Portraits" Group Exhibition / Caswell County Civic Center - Yanceyville,NC
1997 "Faces of Alamance" Group Exhibition / Firehouse Gallery - Graham,NC
1996 Rites of Spring" David Nance, Rodney Moser Exhibition / The Summit - Burlington, NC
1995 "Two-Gether" David Nance, Beth O'Bryant / Firehouse Gallery - Graham, NC
Mural at Moses Cone Cancer Center - Greensboro, NC
Mural at May Memorial Library - Burlington, NC
Mural at Alamance Regional Medical Center - Burlington, NC
Mural at Davidson Community College - Lexington, NC
Education
North Carolina State University, School of Design, Visual Design Program - Raleigh, NC