Nancy Abbe, Artist

While raising three children in a busy household that included several cats and dogs, any salvageable free time was devoted exclusively to my painting. At first I regretted not taking a direct route to become a practicing artist while still in college. Eventually this gave way to the realization that acquiring an MA in English literature may have been beneficial since certain analytical skills were sharpened along the way.

As time passed these skills would later become intuitively useful when painting any subject, whether people or animals, especially when studying people to produce a solid portrait that would express each person’s nature. Apparently studies in the liberal arts served as a valuable complement to the visual arts.  Getting the essence of a subject’s personality and character down on paper or canvas makes a successful painting in the end.

Initially I studied landscape painting with George Peter for several years before intensive studies in portraiture and figure painting with Cesare Borgia at the Reilly League of Artists.

Fascination with the excitement of the ocean very quickly developed into deep interest trying to pin down the relentlessly changing “face” of the ocean with its constant movement and moods which are at once both beautiful and terrifying.  Watching the sea in all seasons for long hours at a time became a major activity ever since and is very important for my understanding and growth as a painter. For there is much to learn from being willing to pay close attention to lessons that the sea can teach.

 ~  Nancy Abbe
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Greenburgh Town Hall | Greenburgh, New York

North Street Gallery, YWCA | White Plains, New York

Scarsdale National Bank, Heathcote Branch | Scarsdale, New York

Community Savings & Loan

People’s Bank for Savings

Eastchester Savings Bank | Eastchester, New York

Westchester Federal Savings & Loan

Davidson Memorial Gallery, Port Chester Library | Port Chester, New York

Albanese’s Italian Restaurant | Eastchester, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Brooklyn Heights Promenade Show | Brooklyn, New York

Scarsdale Outdoor Show | Scarsdale, New York

Montauk Artists Association Outdoor Show | Montauk, New York

White Plains Outdoor Art Festival | White Plains, New York

Ridgeview Congregational Church Art Festival | White Plains, New York

Westchester Federated Women’s Clubs Ribbon Awards Show

INSTALLATIONS

Portrait, Monty Daniels
Monty Daniels Library, Temple Israel Center
White Plains, New York

Portrait, Jeanette Leahey
Jeanette Leahey Gallery, Betty Taubert Girl Scout House
Scarsdale, New York

Portrait, Betty Taubert
Betty Taubert Girl Scout House
Scarsdale, New York