California artist Nancy Eckels' paintings mirror the joy and energy she feels when creating works of uninhibited color, movement and emotion. Her mission is to make the viewer fall in love with her paintings by sharing her emotions. She draws them in and engulfs their experience with feeling, whether it's bold, in-your-face, good will, exuberance and passion or a more subtle introspective mood. Her technique is highly improvisational, painting off the top of her head with little or no plan in place, using only the emotion of the moment and the mental pictures from her life's experience. Many of her collectors fall in love with her work, because bold art reflects how they live their lives. They are successful, confident individuals with passionate, artistic, and outgoing personalities who know what they like and own it.
Nancy has been painting full time for fourteen years since ending another creative career. As a child, she dabbled in art, but always wanted to experience show business. She happily worked in television for many years, and was a director on the CBS daytime drama, "The Bold and the Beautiful" when she decided to move on to painting. Given her family background, it seemed like the most natural transition she could make. Her parents met in an oil painting class, and her sister, aunts and uncles are all artists.
Nancy considers herself a self-taught artist, obtaining a wealth of knowledge by osmosis from talented, artistic family members, in addition to study and training on her own. She has also been involved in workshops by such wonderful artists as Katherine Chang Liu, Carole Barnes, and Pat Dews. When collecting her creations, you will notice the ongoing change and continuing growth in her work over the years, which reflects her changing life in general and her constant quest to learn
Nancy will be painting as long as she can hold a brush. It's a passion that will not be lost to retirement. She lives with her husband in Canyon Country, California
GALLERIES
Artworks1214 W. 6th St #105 Austin TX 78703 (512) 472-1550 Tom@artworksaustin.com
Sarah Jessica Fine Art342 Commercial St. Provincetown MA 02657
AWARDS
Mayors Choice Award, Rancho Mirage Art Affaire 2012Mayor of the City of Rancho Mirage, Scott Hines Finalist, The Artist's MagazineAbstract/Experimental category December 2010 issue Second Place Masters Category 2006, 2007Santa Clarita Artist Association Art Classic First Place AcrylicRancho Mirage Art Affaire First Place Gold Award, AcrylicSanta Clarita Artist Assn. Art Classic Second Place Acrylic/OilConejo Valley Art Museum 1000 Oaks Art Walk 2003 One Honorable Mention ribbonArt Methods and Materials Juried Exhibition 2002 Sponsored by American Artist Magazine Two paintings accepted for the exhibition First Place Gold Award, AcrylicSanta Clarita Artists Association Art Classic 2001 Best of ShowSanta Clarita Artists Association Art Classic 2001 Best of ShowSanta Clarita Artists Association Art Classic 2000 First Place Gold Award, AcrylicSanta Clarita Artists Association Art Classic 2000 Best of Show, AcrylicsArtfest 2000 of Henderson, NV Second Place, AcrylicLake Arrowhead Art Festival 2000
JURIED ART FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WALa Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA
Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL
Oak Brook Invitational, Oakbrook, IL
Art Methods and Materials Art Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
Uptown Minneapolis Art Festival, Minneapolis, MN
State Street Area Art Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Vail Art Festival, Vail, CO
Conejo Valley Art Museum 1000 Oaks Art Walk, Thousand Oaks, CA
Marin Art Festival, San Rafael, CA
Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts, Oklahoma City, OK
La Jolla Art and Food Faire, La Jolla, CA
Carefree Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ
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