“What I seek in painting waves is something that the human being knows but the camera lens misses. It has something to do with movement and the sheer brevity of the form. It’s the way walking by the sea will transform a bad mood. We delight in the million shades of gray - the wave, a shape shifter silvered with olive and lavender - a flash of white in a night ocean. At the same time we feel the ocean’s fierceness and know that the sea has its own imperatives which remain a mystery. In some way, the wave is our kin, riding its brief individuality out in a great ocean that is very close to the fluid in our veins”.
“NANCY’S WORK DEMONSTRATES A CONSUMMATE AWARENESS OF THE MEETING OF LAND AND SEA. THE WORK HAS A SOMBER ELEGANCE...SHE IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF LOCAL ARTISTS WHO ARE FORGING A SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE IMAGERY THAT IS UNIQUE TO PT. REYES. THE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING LIGHT MODULATED BY FOG BRINGS TO THE LAND A SOMETIMES MYSTERIOUS AND HAUNTED QUALITY.
NANCY’S WORK REFLECTS THIS.”
JACK WELPOTT, PT. REYES LIGHT GUEST REVIEW 2/20/03