My goal is to share with you in paint the beauty that surrounds us. As a subject draws me to it, my task is to understand and interpret it in paint. The more I look, the more I learn. I am intrigued by the interdependence of how each aspect fits together to form the whole. When one part changes in art or in life, the relationships of all the parts change. The thrill of “what if?” keeps me focused. I enjoy resolving each challenge. Curiosity and perseverance are my true talents. The artists makes a visual statement, but the viewer's life experiences complete the communication. My aim is to enrich our lives. Process Working from life or a photograph, I choose from several different mediums to best interpret the theme. Each one furthers my understanding and skill in working with the others. My watercolor roots continue to influence how I approach color in acrylic, oil, and pastel. I often apply pure colors, adjusting them on the canvas by mixing or placement, and building up the color in layers until reaching the desired effect. This results in a complex and richly colored surface. Subtle details and surprising bits of color blend the traditional with the impressionistic. Influences on my work I believe that painting is visual poetry. It’s not what you paint; it’s how you paint it. Pop artist Jim Dine’s drawings of everyday objects for proving good design can make any subject matter worthwhile. Impressionists Edgar Degas for his draughtsmanship, color, and use of pastels; Mary Cassatt who also liked to paint children; and Gustave Caillebotte for his innovative photographic influence on composition. The masterworks of Monet and John Singer Sargent at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Elizabeth Stewart Gardiner Museum in Boston provided strong early influences. I am indebted to Monet for color and texture. I am in awe of Sargent for his boldness, color, skilled brushwork and sheer beauty of his work.

Nancy Moskovitz combines sumptuous color and subtle nuance to paint the beauty she finds all around her, She enjoys painting quiet places and children in their familiar surroundings. In 2007, three of her pieces have won Best of Show in juried regional competitions. In 2006, Nancy Moskovitz's paintings hung in the Appleton Museum of Art's prestigious Biennial Exhibit. Her work was featured in the Dec. 2001 issue of Ocala Style Magazine, and has appeared in American Artist Magazine. One of the original Ocala Horse Fever artists, she comes from the Boston area where she earned a BA with honors in education and art history from Simmons College. Nancy taught 15 years in Ocala before pursuing professional painting full time in 2003. People describe her work as luminous and ethereal, and her smaller pieces little gems. Skilled in acrylic, oil, pastel, and watermedia, the way she applies the paint and juxtaposes color maker her work easily recognizable. In her own words….My defining moment It was the wee hours in study hall of my freshman year of college. I was studying who knows what while my friend was constructing a paper sculpture in black and white…night after night. She kept redesigning; I kept watching. Man, that was what I wanted to do! I hadn’t been allowed to take art courses in high school (that’s another story), so the prospect of getting credits for making art was mind-blowing. But the course was only offered first semester! I was shy; it took every wisp of courage to go to the art studio (oh the wonderful smell!) and talk to the teacher. Would I have to wait an entire year?? He let me to skip that prerequisite course and join the class second semester for “color.” I never did get to take black and white design but have been hooked on painting ever since. Nancy has been painting portrait and landscape commissions since 1980. She lives in beautiful Ocala, Fl horse country with her husband of over 35 years.

Thomas Center Gallery
5/17/2008
Gainesville, FL
United States