ABOUT THE ARTIST

Although I have worked in oils and pastels, currently I use watermedia – acrylic, gouache, or watercolor – and mixed media, which often includes Caran d’Ache crayons and/or ink and sometimes charcoal or collage.

I have studied art with many outstanding Hampton Roads, VA artists, most recently with Norman Goodwin and Jan Ledbetter. I have taken thirty-three weeklong workshops from nationally-recognized, award-winning artists. These have included Harold Gregor, Gerald Brommer, Mary Todd Beam, Lana Grow, Carole Barnes, Mary Ann Beckwith, Carrie Burns Brown, and George James.

My art is displayed continuously at The Artists Gallery in Virginia Beach and at Riverview Gallery in Portsmouth, VA. Often I have artwork in Williamsburg, VA, at This Century Art Gallery. From 2007-2011, I was one of the five Managing Artists at the Pembroke 4 Art Gallery. I participate in shows presented by the Tidewater Art Alliance, the Charles H. Taylor Art Center, the PrimePlus ArtFest, the Chesapeake Bay Art Association, the Virginia Flower and Garden Show, and the Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists. I have been awarded twenty-nine ribbons for my paintings and was selected to be in the 2011 book entitled INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, vol. 2. See my website at www.nancytoppingbazin.com