postcards from Brooklyn

Since I have two children with families living in Brooklyn I often am inspired by the shapes and colors I find there to paint.  As a result I have just published another book in what seems to be developing into a series of Postcard books.  This one has lots of images and musings from Brooklyn and has just hit the news stands.  It is available from Amazon for only $15.00.

Stroll by the Park

STROLL BY THE PARK

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

Using more paint and more medium to make the paint juicy causes the paint to shine in some places.  This does not reproduce well. This painting is much more interesting in person.

I managed to fix my broken scanner by following some directions found on line.  It involved taking the whole thing apart by unscrewing parts, finding a broken "flange" and duct taping it down.  Not knowing what a flange was I still was able to find "it" and fix things.  I am so pleased!  I feel like a real handywoman.  Incidentally spell check did not want me to write "handywoman" and kept substituting "handyman".  Little things mean a lot.

$250.00

FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT

FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

I have always been fascinated by the inside of people's houses.  Rooms without people are an invitation to imagine. For that reason I love to walk the streets of Park Slope because there it is possible to see into windows and doorways and imagine what goes on behind the curtains or the bars.  On this sunny day someone has left the light on, or were they reading and left to answer the phone, or is it a welcoming light for a daytime assignation?

$350.00

ELLIE IN THE COFFEE SHOP

ELLIE IN THE COFFEE SHOP

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

A snowy day in Brooklyn found me having coffee with my daughter, Ellie, and her new baby, Olive (she doesn't drink coffee yet so was sound asleep) in the Sweet Wolf's Cafe.  Having paintings at the Townhouse Coffee House was such a big success, I decided to find out if I could show here as well.  I met the owner and will have paintings there in June.  This is the first painting done especially for the occasion.

I was very pleased to sell 5 paintings, including 2 larger ones from the Merion coffee house and will be back there in the fall.  It is great to know that people will buy paintings without having anyone giving them a pitch, just because they like them.

The Coffee House has really made a comeback lately as people sit around for hours working on their computers.  They are not in the office or at home alone.  There is at least the illusion of company and good hot coffee and pastries always at the ready.  There were actually people talking to each other as well.

I remember very well 50 years or so ago going to the newly revised version of the coffee house at that time and hearing Phil Oakes sing for the first time.  When somebody takes out a guitar in one of these new places we will have come full circle.

SOLD