Nancy Jadatz

Peinture à l'huile « Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky » (J'épouse le ciel)

2022

Artist Comments
Artist Nancy Jadatz depicts a warm coastal scene of the low country near Virginia. Water draws the eyes into vibrant dips and slopes toward muted trees on the horizon and up toward the bold clouds. Nancy shares how therapeutic and rewarding it is to be painting such natural beauty. "The physical act of painting forces living in the moment, no thoughts beyond the easel."

About the Artist
Artist Nancy Jadatz paints peaceful impressionist scenes of the tidewater area of Virginia. “I seek to create a feeling of calmness and composition that draws the observer into the painting,” says Nancy. After pursuing a degree in art education and art history, she taught to over five hundred 7th graders every week for several years. Today, she enjoys pursuing her professional art career and lives half the year in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. And when she’s not painting, she’s riding, running, hiking, or skiing. In her studio which she jovially describes as rarely tidy, Nancy simultaneously works on three to four paintings. She starts her process with a wet-on-wet technique, blending with oversized brushes. Once satisfied with the background colors, she then allows the canvas to dry completely before adding the next five to seven layers sometimes employing different tools to achieve texture or an imperfect edge and fingers to smudge or soften lines. “As an artist, I never have enough room! Natural lighting is always tricky so I tend to add the final details in another space other than my studio where I can stand far away.”

Words that describe this painting: impressionism, warm, coastal, river, low country, beach, summer, season, water, reflection, clouds, nature, horizon, cloudscape, small, impressionism, nature, oil painting, green

Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
Nancy Jadatz
Oil painting on cradled wood panel
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2022
12 in. h x 12 in. w x 1 in. d
2 lbs. 0 oz.