"Summer Symphony" 46 x 58 acrylic on canvas
Nancy Ortenstone
Artist
Statement:
Rather than reproduce a landscape, I take what I see into my own psyche
and dreamspace creating many layers of underpainting on each canvas
until the final image or presence emerges. When I can dance with the
colors and trust that each painting is the path to the next, my paintings
undergo a transformative process. Acrylics are especially suited to
my technique because of the speed with which images can emerge, be
washed away and rapidly brought forth again with new resonance. I
attempt to unite music, light and color. Painting is my passion and
my teacher. My desire is to create inviting space that provides a
place of reverie for the viewer.
Education:
1994 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts; Nathan Oliveira's Master Class
1989 Studied with painter Alvaro Cardona-Hine; Truchas, NM
1981 M.F.A. University of Mexico
1976 B.A. University of Minnesota
Solo Exhibitions:
2004 "Between Two Worlds", Hopkins Fine Art-Scottsdale,NM
2004 "The Music of Light", Canyon Road Contemporary Art-Santa Fe,NM2002 "Dream Music," Hopkins' Fine Art - Scottsdale, AZ
2002 "Stillpoint Turning," Expressions in Fine Art - Santa Fe, NM
2001 "Songs of Silence," Canyon Road Contemporary Art - Santa Fe,
NM
2000 "Melodic Places," Canyon Road Contemporary Art - Santa Fe, NM
1999 "Beyond the Edge," Canyon Road Contemporary Art - Santa Fe, NM
1999 "Recent Works," The Jayne Gallery - Kansas City, MO
1997 "Passages," Canyon Road Contemporary Art - Santa Fe, NM
Two Person Exhibitions:
2003 "Fall Colors," Blumenschein Museum - Taos, NM
2001 "Landscapes for the Muse," Blue Gallery - Kansas City, MO
1998 "Recent Works," The Jayne Gallery - Kansas City, MO
1998 "Opening Show," The Tiffin Gallery - Dixon, NM
Bibliography:
Stewart Ashman/Suzanne Deats, Abstract Art - New Mexico Artist
Series, Fresco Fine Art Publishing, 2003
Jo Ann Baldinger, "Moving Toward the Still Point", Focus/Santa
Fe, August/September 2002
Suzanne Deats, "Where Space Meets Time," Focus/Santa Fe, Jan./Feb./March,
2001
Robert Nott, "Ortenstone's Atmospheres", Pasatiempo/The New Mexican,
March 9-15, 2001
Suzanne Deats, "The Harmonics of Color & Light", Focus/Santa Fe,
Jan./Feb./March, 2000
Lynn Cline, "Canons on Canvas - Ortenstone paints melodies" Pasatiempo/The
New Mexican, March 17, 2000
Selected Public & Private Collections:
Macy's - New York, NY
Cohen, Primiani & Foster - Century City, CA
Ford Communications Network - Detroit, MI
Hale & Dorr - Boston, MA
Ensight Marketing Services - Houston, TX
Millennia - Boston, MA
Manulife Financial - Boston, MA
Sithe Energies - New York, NY
Terra Nova Pictures - Los Angeles, CA
First National Bank - Columbia, MO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA - Boston, MA
Cigna Healthcare - Houston, TX
SAS Institute Inc. - Carry, NC |
