Nancy Sharpe
"Out on the Jetty" Abstract Painting
2023

About the Item

This small abstract painting by Nancy Sharpe features a light cool palette with organic shapes and light strokes layered in blue, green, and cream tones with bright orange accents. "Imagine walks on a long jetty, stopping to see what’s below," the artist says of this piece. The painting is made with acrylic paint and pencil on gallery wrapped canvas, with white finished sides. It is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas, and is ready to hang. This piece pairs beautifully with Blue Skies and Sea of Love by the same artist. To learn more or purchase the three together, please contact us. After an education in international relations in Washington, D.C., Paris, and Rome, a career as a luxury PR specialist, and living abroad in England and Scotland for many years, Nancy Sharpe settled in Connecticut with her British husband, two Australian Labradoodles, and children Izzy and Ollie. In 2018, Sharpe began painting in her "Cider House Studio" - a vintage barn on the Connecticut coast which was originally used to store and make apple cider. A large space full of light, it was the perfect space to start an artistic career. Painting, Nancy feels, has given her the opportunity to start her own business, make her own rules (and break them sometimes), meet other creatives and entrepreneurs and most importantly, make people happy. Her art and life are driven by wanderlust, a quirky love of art history, a passion for color, wild flower gardens, and the sea. Considering herself a mostly self-taught intuitive artist, Nancy is known for her playful use of color, confronting the viewer directly with the purely happy world she creates. Nancy's father recently commented on one of her abstract floral paintings, saying, "You know, I don’t remember you ever being ‘into art’ when you were at school.” He was right. Although always creative, Nancy only began painting seriously later in life. Nancy’s theory is that creatives need many outlets, and sometimes it takes a while to find them. "I like to do things my own way," Sharpe says. "Why look up how to do something, when you can just jump in with both feet and figure it out? So, I am a mostly self-taught artist, using my intuition and sense of balance and harmony to create happily unconventional and expressive abstracts, florals, and beach-themed works. "Idyllic themes of joy and wanderlust, my love of travel, my happy memories of living in Paris, Rome, Edinburgh and the English countryside, my gardens and my current life on the beautiful Connecticut coast, are the foundations that sustain my creativity. "To me, being an artist is about making choices and taking the decisions that can and will change the direction of a piece of work in an instant. Decisions on subject, color, texture, what stays, what goes... Those are just some of the tools I incorporate while creating my expressive and highly layered and textured paintings. 'Color' and 'freedom' are my current mantras." About Sorelle Gallery: Sorelle Gallery is a woman-owned fine art gallery and art advisory firm located in Westport, Connecticut. Representing nearly fifty artists, Sorelle carries a wide variety of art styles from modern abstract to impressionistic landscapes, and more. Sorelle's mission is to not only support the emerging and established artists they represent, but to help clients curate their own spaces, invest confidently, and buy what they love.

Creator:
Nancy Sharpe
Creation Year:
2023
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Acrylic,Pencil
Movement & Style:
Abstract
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Westport, CT
Reference Number:
Seller: NS0101stDibs: LU54412117622