LEAVES

Leaves

Lloyd Schwartz, 1941

Every October it becomes important, no, necessary
to see the leaves turning, to be surrounded
by leaves turning; it’s not just the symbolism,
to confront in the death of the year your death,
one blazing farewell appearance, though the irony 
isn’t lost on you that nature is most seductive
when it’s about to die, flaunting the dazzle of its 
incipient exit, an ending that at least so far 
the effects of human progress (pollution, acid rain)
have not yet frightened you enough to make you believe
is real; that is, you know this ending is a deception
because of course nature is always renewing itself—
the trees don’t die, they just pretend,
go out in style, and return in style: a new style.

LEAVES

Nancy Herman

8" x 6"

oil on canvas board

$125.00

ODE TO AUTUMN

The trees are just beginning to turn but here is what we can look forward to.  Plenty of color in store for the months ahead.  This is a juicy painting that I really like but cannot find a spot for in my new digs.

ODE TO AUTUMN

Nancy Herman

oil on stretched canvas

10.75" x 13.75"

inset ODE TO AUTUMN

If you are interested in this one it is $250.00.  

Go to this link:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nancy-herman/ode-to-autumn/625929

BEFORE THE SNOW

More of my freshly painted old canvases this week.  This painting feels to me as if it is mid Autumn but there is a heaviness in the air and it smells like snow is coming.

SNOW IS COMING

Nancy Herman

Oil on stretched canvas

12" x 12"

$50.00

A GLIMPSE OF MANYUNK

Since it is the first day of spring I thought it would be nice to post a painting instead of some more color music.  Although this was not painted in the spring it does have the feeling of discovery that comes to me in the spring.  I got a glimpse of Manyunk through the trees along the Cynwyd trail.

A GLIMPSE OF MANYUNK

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

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$150.00

MERION ROAD AND SYCAMORE STEETS

MERION ROAD AND SYCAMORE STREETS

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

Nature is showing its colors before the grey of winter sets in.  In Merion it is a glorious display everywhere you look.  Here is the scene as the sun lights up the trees on Merion Road and Sycamore Streets.  I pass here almost everyday and it never ceases to delight.

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AUTUMN 2015

AUTUMN 2015

Nancy Herman

20" x 24"

oil on canvas

I have not been posting lately as I have been working on this larger canvas.  Autumn to me is the season of emotional ups and downs.  The trees and foliage are breathtakingly beautiful but you know it is all going to end in the bare grey and tans of icy cold of winter.  No more sitting on the porch watching the sun go down before dinner.  The sun is down before you are finished work.  The light is dramatic when it is out but it all points to only one thing..the end of nature for the year.  In this canvas I have tried to capture all these feelings.  It is a further step in the new direction my painting seems to be heading.  What do you think?

$1500.00

AUTUMN 2015

Since I have been sending out a monthly newsletter I have been giving the news more thought.  Why is it that the news consists of disastrous things that happen in the world?  Every day wonderful things happen as well.  These stories are usually presented as "human interest" if at all.
I am taking a personal stand for good news starting today.  This fall was a real stunner.  Autumn in the Northeast is always nature's inadvertent gift to humanity before the grey of winter sets in, but this year the combination of lots of rain in the spring and warmer weather in the fall left us with color that was spectacular and long lasting.  Even now as I look out my window the sun is lighting up the brilliant red of the trees in my yard.
So here is a short story hot off the presses.

PENNSYLVANIA HAS RECORD BREAKING BEAUTY IN FALL MONTHS!
Watch video for on the spot reporting!

https://youtu.be/bFWTUzlyjcs

The opening shots are from my yard featuring my two Katsura trees, which not only turn a brilliant yellow, but smell like burnt sugar in the fall.  The remaining footage is from Chanticleer gardens.

RED TREE AND YELLOW WALL

RED TREE AND YELLOW WALL

Nancy Herman

12" x 12"

oil on stretched canvas

I have been somewhat besotted this year with the autumn colors. This is a scene from somewhere in Chestnut Hill.  I wanted to paint it to express that wonderful feeling of surprise when you come upon an especially luscious tree in the fall.

This image does not display the texture of the painting.  My scanner is broken and after several months of using masking tape to hold it together I think it has finally given up.  Anyone have a good scanner they can recommend?

$500.00

MERION AND SYCAMORE

MERION AND SYCAMORE

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

Every year this corner  has a brilliant display of light.  The suburbs, as opposed to the country, has a wide variety of color in the fall as there are so many different kinds of trees all changing color at different speeds.  We are bathed in this delightful warm display as if to keep us warm in the cold months ahead.

$150.00

FIRST SIGNS OF AUTUMN

First Signs of Autumn

Nancy Herman

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board

A GLIMPSE OF MANAYUNK

A GLIMPSE OF MANAYUNK

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

As you near the bottom of the Cynwyd Trail civilization begins to appear.  Here is a glimpse of Manyunk through the trees on this golden day in November.

$125.00

LIGHT IN THE MORNING FOG

LIGHT IN THE MORNING FOG

Nancy Herman

8" x 6"

oil on canvas board

I love the early morning just as the world is waking up.  The night light is still on and the fog has not lifted on this balmy November day in Merion.

$125.00

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

UNION AVENUE #2

UNION AVENUE 2#

Nancy Herman

oil on canvas board

8" x 6"

The leaves are slowly transforming our streets to glowing colors, each year  intoning their own poignant farewell poem to summer.  Here is a link to UNION AVENUE 1# walking in the other direction in August.

$125.00