Nancy Menashe

Artist Statement

Taking the mundane in life and turning it into something spiritual and extraordinary has been a driving force. Through gestural drawings and brush strokes with intensity and conviction is what I have been developing in my work.

The depth of color and ruggedness found in landscapes and seascapes are the inspirations of my paintings. The eye moves from sky to land to sea with the shifting of color, line and form. The colors blend together weaving a tapestry of reality and imagination.

Many of my ideas come from the Jersey shore to the mountainous terrain and valleys found in Israel.

When I see a path cutting through a field or trees making there gestural shape on a mountain I feel the emotion that can be found in nature and recreate it in painting .

My goal as an artist is to seek out gestural lines and shapes from nature that create both harmony and tension. I capture the essence of form and keep its spontaneity and express it through the physical world of line, shape and color.

Resume

Nancy Menashe attempts to rise above the mundane in Manalapan, New Jersey

Exhibitions

2008
The Rivergarden Gallery, Group setting, Deville, New Jersey
Accent Gallery, Currently showing artwork, Ocean City, New Jersey
The Artful Deposit, Currently showing artwork, Bordentown, New Jersey

2007
Noyes Museum of Art, Associate Artist Exhibit, Oceanville, New Jersey

2006
Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Juried Show, Red Bank, New Jersey

1998
Kibbutz Atzy Building, Solo Show, Tel Aviv, Israel

1998
Kibbutz Ana Shofet, Two Person Show, Megido, Israel

Education

1989
BFA Parsons School of Design, New York City