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Creative since childhood, Nancy Boren grew up in a home surrounded by paintings and drawings, comfortable in her fatherrsquo;s studio, and decided early on she also wanted a life in the arts. As a child she copied illustrations from favorite books, learned to knit and crochet, and made miniature furniture out of bits of wood and cork. As an adult Nancy is fascinated by painting and printmaking: processes that include rich, pure colors on the palette, the power of contrasting lights and darks, and the juxtaposition and creation of patterns.
James Boren, Nancy’s father, was a major influence in her development as an artist, not only by the example of his own career as a painter, but by introducing her to the rich, evocative work of others such as: Nicholai Fechin, Sargent, Sorolla, Bettina Steinke, and Winslow Homer. Other artists who have influenced her thinking include Waterhouse, Victor Higgins, E. Martin Hennings, Gustav Klimt, Kathe Kollwitz, Edgar Payne and the master printmaker Gustave Baumann. She also feels a special connection to the life and art of the Canadian painter Emily Carr, who chronicled her artistic life in her journal, Hundreds and Thousands.
Nancy says, “Living in the American West has greatly influenced me, although it is not the exclusive source of my subject matter. Texas and Alaska, in particular, have shaped my perceptions and given me an appreciation for the grand scale of lives lived in wide-open spaces. I’m enamored with the vastness of the landscape, and enjoy all of its moods, but especially the endless blue of the big skies and the bright sunshine. I paint because I am compelled to try to capture fleeting moments and I simply love taking raw material (paint) and fashioning something of value from it.”
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1955 Born in Anchorage, Alaska.
1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas.
Selected Exhibitions and Achievements
2007 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 111th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York
2005 Accepted as Signature Member of American Women Artists
2004-present Museum of Western Art Round-Up Show, Kerrville, Texas
1992-present Gallery shows at Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Paintings used on set of ABC TV show The Benefactor
2004 One-person show, Petroleum Club, Fort Worth, Texas
2002 Finalist, Texas Quarter Dollar Coin Design competition
2002 One-person show, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2002 Print Biennial, Juried Exhibit, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2001 33rd Annual Printmaking Show, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
2001 New Prints from Texas, Juried Exhibit, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
2000 American Women Artists Exhibit, Sorrento, Italy
2000 Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibit, Carmel, California
1999-2000 American Women Artists show ,Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Finalist, Artist's Magazine Annual Competition
1995 Painting used in a scene from the movie 9 Months
1995 Prix de West Invitational, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1994 Guest artist, National Academy of Western Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1992 North American Marine Arts Society Show, Vancouver, British Columbia
1992 American Collectors Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
1991 Stacey Scholarship Recipient, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1986 Art USA, Grand Junction, Colorado
1983-1985 Haley Library Show, Midland, Texas
1982-1985 Western Heritage Sale, Houston, Texas
Publications
2005 Daniel Smith Artists' Materials Catalog, feature article on Monotypes
2000 Daniel Smith Artists' Materials Calendar, Seattle, Washington
1998 Book cover illustration A Story of the Missouri-Kansas Border Conflict 1859-1861 by Byron Shutz
1994 Cover Illustration for Childbirth Graphics
1988 Art of the West - January/February issue
1985 Southwest Art - July issue
1983 Town and Country - June issue
1982 Art West - October/November issue
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