ARBOR IN THE FOG

ARBOR IN THE FOG

Nancy Herman

8" x 6"

oil on canvas board

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


$125.00

ARLES FIELDS

ARLES FIELDS

Nancy Herman

12" x 9"

oil on canvas board

For this month's Virtual Paint-out I traveled to Arles France where Van Gogh made so many thick and delicious paintings.  I painted from a borrowed ipad as the printouts from the Google map were very dark and unreadable.  It was very much like being there, as the light through the colors is so good on the computer.  There were many wonderful spots to paint, but this one with it's lonely tree was most reminiscent of Van Gogh for me.

$200.00

Rockland Road

ROCKLAND ROAD

Nancy Herman

8" x 6"

oil on canvas board

What a glorious fall we have had!  Walking through the streets of our neighborhood has been a constant surprise as the trees gradually turn from one color to another.  Only today, after the heavy rain, have the leaves finally begun to abandon the trees in huge numbers.  Now we get to appreciate their structural beauty and, for a short time, the carpet of glorious color they have left behind.

Here is a lovely spot on Rockland Road just as it comes into Wynnewood Ave.  with Merion on one side of the street and Narberth on the other before the rain.

SOLD

$125.00

WHITE HOUSE ON RAYNAM ROAD

WHITE HOUSE ON RAYNAM ROAD

Nancy Herman

8"x 6"

oil on canvas

On these beautiful autumn days it is a good time to observe the way colors are influenced by what is nearby.  Here this lovely old house is many shades of white depending on where the sun is and which tree color is bouncing off its surface.  Color interaction is one parameter that we can observe that gives us hints about a phenomenon that is always going on,  all things are connected and interact in ways that are seen and unseen.

$125.00

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

Nancy Herman

12" X 9"

Oil on canvas board

This is a view from my second floor window of my neighbor's front yard in the morning.
Soon all these trees will be bare, but for now it is a glory of warm colors.   This spectacular display comes just before we are confronted by all the whites and blues of winter in the snow and the grays and beiges of winter without snow.  Better store up all this warmth while we still can and get out there.

$200.00

LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

Nancy Herman

8" x 6"

oil on canvas

This brave climbing rose managed to squeeze out one last bloom before the snow storm.  'Here' is a clip of Deanna Durbin singing the Last Rose of Summer.  There are scads of versions of this on Youtube including one or two by Joan Sutherland, but this one did it for me.  I wish I knew what was happening in this movie.  Is the guy charmed by her singing or is he about to strangle her?

$125.00

SOLD

SHALOM FOR PECO

WHOOPEE!
My animation "Shalom for Peco" will be displayed every Friday night in November in the Crown Lights display for their program Art in the Air.  The pieces must be only 30 seconds and in the format of the display which is very long and thin.  For this one I used as inspiration the old Israeli folk tune Shalom Chaverim.  'Here' is my translation of that to color and 'here' is the piece as it will appear on the crown lights display.  If you are anywhere near the display on Friday night, look up to see this one and several others.
It is an interesting challenge to compose something that seems to have a beginning and an end and only lasts 30 seconds.  (By the way if you are wondering who Illuminata is on the youtube piece it is me.)

The great quirky sound on the round was programmed by Luke Herrine my dear grandson and has gotten 4,247 hits on youtube.  It is only to be surpassed by another that he programmed, Donna Nobis Pacem which has gotten 122,441.