Gone too Far?

or not far enough?

Summer Koi #2, 2013
acrylic on canvas
10" x10"
©2013NanciHersh

This painting above, started as this, below.  

The beginning of Summer Koi #2
©2013NanciHersh

Have we done enough? or too much? and often it is FEAR that drives us one way or another. 

Art, like life is that push pull. We keep working, until it's done or we move on.

Seth Godin in his blog states that 

Fearlessness is not the same as the absence of fear.  

By recognizing and acknowledging our fear, we can have "it", rather than it have us.

Saw the movie the Impossible recently. Freaked me out...especially because we all know it is based on the true story of the horrific tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004. The beautiful clear turquoise waters become a moving mountain slamming and sweeping away everything in its path.

But heck, we get out of bed every morning, still travel, live our lives, enjoy the water... and keep going. 

One of my favorite quotes is by Helen Keller

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Helen Keller

More Helen Keller quotes

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle121787.html#RHqmC2ABTJTtJW7F.99 

Where We Left Off

All Hung Up was a partial tour of Beneath the Surface, my exhibition at the Siegel JCC ArtSpace in Wilmington, DE, up through May 9, 2013.  Here are some more images to wet your appetite. (pun intended, sorry!)

Where we left off...
photos by Dain Simons

 Suspension is the large work on paper on the far end of the wall shown above, using graphite with accents of pastel,  I captured the shadows of my hanging net sculptures over spray painted stencils.

Suspension, 2012
Acrylic, spray paint, graphite, pastel on paper
48" x 96"
©2013NanciHersh
photo by Dain Simons

Here are more images of the work as we continue over to the facing wall.

Beneath the Surface at the Siegel JCC ArtSpace
Photo by Dain Simons 

From far left above, starting with Fishing.            and far right above- Beneath the Surface

                                                                         Be Still My Heart- sculpture of

                                                                         wire, paper pulp, encaustic and collage.

Fishing, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
(Now!) Private Collection
©2012NanciHersh
photo by Dain Simons

moving along to this newest pair in the exhibition- the title of each are from lines from Derek Wolcott's poem Love After Love.

Give Back Your Heart, 2013
Acrylic, collage, spray paint on canvas
16" x 20"
©2013NanciHersh
photo by Dain Simons Photography

To the Stranger that has Loved You, 2013
Acrylic, spray paint on canvas
16" x 20"
©2013NanciHersh
photo by Dain Simons Photography

with Frenzy between them!

Frenzy, 2012
Acrylic, spray paint on canvas
30" x 40"
©2013NanciHersh
photo by Dain Simons Photography

There you have it... private tours and studio visits are welcome.
For more info contact me at nancihersh@gmail.com

Which is your favorite?

April Fool

Sent out my first group email this morning using MailChimp for my upcoming art exhibition at the Siegel JCC ArtSpace titled Beneath the Surface.

Koi #2 and Koi #4
acrylic on cradled board
11" x 14", 14" x 11"
ready to packed up for
Beneath the Surface
©2013NanciHersh

Fortunately, I sent a test email out to my friend, photographer and fellow participant in Alyson B. Stanfield's Art Biz Boot Camp,  Catherine Hartigan yesterday, because she emails me first this this am, after receiving the email and writes...

The correct info here!

Exhibition card for
Beneath the Surface 

"isn't the opening April 11, not April 1?" (how did that other little 1 get left out?!)

April Fool... hey it can happen. Like backing out of my garage this am and not noticing that the garage door was not all the way up. Bam!  My Thule hits the bottom of the garage door.
Good news is, while we had the repair man out he also fixed the door on the other side and now we have a new working key pad on the outside.  (Maybe I have to reconsider the affirmation Money flows to me and through me... hmmm)

Such is life. The real lesson brought home today is what Andrew Simonet, dancer, choreographer and co-creator of Artist U. calls-  having an Advisory Board. People who are on your "team"- who get your work, who you can run things by, share things with, be accountable to.  These can be fellow artists, peers, experts in their fields.

Andrew reminds us that there are people who want to help us. We are not alone. Thankfully.

Who's on your board?

My Neu Calendar
which is new for me-
recently ordered it and am just starting to fill it in...
another suggestion from Andrew Simonet
from the Artist U workshops at Leeway Foundation..
"Get a big wall calendar, so you can see "weather patterns"