HAPPINESS ATTACK

HAPPINESS ATTACK

Nancy Herman

archival print

While I am busy getting ready for the show at the Graver's Lane Gallery and weeding and planting my garden, I thought I would bring you some prints that I especially like.
These prints are produced in Photoshop.  I choose a painting whoose colors particularly appeal to me, scan the painting into Photoshop and select colors from it at random. Then I arrange them in order from dark to light filling squares as I go.  Once I have a very large group I select portions of the group and combine and recombine them until I have a combination that I like.  This is a way for me to combine my love of painting and pattern making.
Here is one of my favorites.  It represents my state of heart in the Spring.

This print can  12" x 12" - $100.00, 20" x 20" - $300.00, 36" x 36" - $500.00

Size
12" x 12" $100.00 USD
20" x 20" $300.00 USD
36" x 36" $500.00 USD

INSIDE THE ANTIQUE SHOP

INSIDE THE ANTIQUE SHOP

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on stretched canvas

Inside an antiques shop on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill I spoted these textures and light.  I love old things with there patina of experience.  The edges are worn away and only the essence of a previous time shine through in a lovely old artifact.

A Promo for my show

I am busy pulling weeds and planting seeds but here is a nice promo for my show coming up in May at the Graver's Lane Gallery in Chestnut Hill.  

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

Waiting for your train can be a lonely business.  Here is an old video of Jimmy Rogers singing Waiting for a Train. (Don't miss the train sounds in the beginning)

This painting is of the Chestnut Hill train station and will be in my show in May at the Graver's Lane Gallery.

chestnut hill hotel

Chestnut Hill Hotel

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

From a Philly guide site:

 "The Chestnut Hill Hotel is a 36-room boutique hotel on Germantown Avenue in the heart of Chestnut Hill. Starting with an inn on that location in 1772, the hotel was rebuilt in 1865 and was refurbished in 2011 to have a historic look and modern convenience. It is surrounded by the Chestnut Hill Farmers’ Market, the Chestnut Hill Grille and an outdoor restaurant."

It certainly looks inviting on any sunny day in the warm weather as people sit outside under the porch and enjoy a meal.  I love the way the sky is reflected in the windows on this beautiful spring day.  This painting will be in my show at the Graver's Lane Gallery in May.

BULGARIA

BULGARIA

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

This month the Virtual Paintout traveled  to Bulgaria and I went along for the ride.  Google's car with camera was there in the winter in the parts of Bulgaria that I traveled through, and it was pretty dismal scenery with lots of ramshackle housing and grey fields piled with junk.  Finally came accross this old building overlooking the mountains and settled down to paint.  I was attracted to the grey-blues and dusty oranges.

$350.00

OASIS ON THE AVENUE

OASIS ON THE AVENUE

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

Right in the heart of the shopping district in Chestnut Hill there is this lovely place to sit down and relax amid some well kept nature.  What a difference this kind of old faashioned town is compared to shopping in a mall with piped in music and nature confined to the very outskirts of the parking lot.

$350.00