Nancy Green

My passion for painting emerged during my first visit to Capitol Reef National Park high on the Colorado Plateau. That open, empty, sculpted land of mesa and canyon engendered an intense desire to respond graphically to its timeless beauty. I dutifully learned the tools of the painting trade—perspective, color theory, drawing—but soon realized that representational images of the land did not speak for me. I was, and am, touched more deeply by abstract elements such as light, form, texture, and color interaction than by more literal interpretations of my environment. They are what inspire my work.

Nancy grew up in Sacramento, California, attended high school in Sedona, Arizona, and completed university degrees at Middlebury College, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. Toward the end of a 25-year career as a research librarian and professor, Nancy and her husband left the urban life for the beauty of the Colorado Plateau, where they settled in Torrey, Utah. They now reside in Tucson, Arizona, amid the beauty of the Sonoran Desert.

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