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Nan McCarthy
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Nan McCarthy can't remember a time when she didn't love to draw and paint. Her mother, who came from a family of artists, was her first art teacher. She minored in Studio Art at Wells College and was awarded a work-study scholarship at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where she studied for a year after college. Over the years, she has studied with a number of different teachers.
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Although Nan has worked in many mediums over the years, she now works almost exclusively in acrylics. She works from her own photographs, and favorite subjects include New England scenes and flowers that she grows in her garden. She also accepts commissions for classic car portraits. As a change of pace, she enjoys trompe l'oeil (French for "fool the eye") fine art. Nan is a signature Member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters (formerly National Acrylic Painters' Association) and is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, and the Sharon Arts Center. She is represented by the Gallery at MainStreet BookEnds, Warner, NH; the Sharon Arts Juried Gallery, Peterborough, NH; and the Central Square Emporium, Hillsborough NH. Her work is in private collections in Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and England Nan retired from her day job with the State of NH in October 2007 and is really enjoying having time to work on her art, creating paintings and notecards, as well as the business side. She participated in the Hillsborough Area Artisans' Studio Tour , where she introduced her giclees and notecards. Nan also exhibited in the 74th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Arts Miniatures of The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC, held in Bethesda, MD. visit Nan's website at: www.nanmccarthy.com |
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