Nancy Dahlstrom is another Fincastle artist.
She is also a professor at Hollins University. I took a couple of art classes from her when I was working on my undergraduate degree.
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| That's me on the left and Professor Nancy Dahlstrom on the right. |
Nancy does printmaking, drawing, and painting. I remember when I was one of her students how kind she was. I cannot draw worth a damn but she was always encouraging. "That's a great line on that leg," she would say. Nevermind that the rest of the piece looked like child's scribbles.
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| Some of Nancy Dahlstrom's more delicate artwork. |
She won the 2011 Perry F. Kendig Award, which is a prestigious honor.
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| A lovely flower painted by Nancy Dahlstrom. |
I overheard Nancy telling another Open Studios visitor that she was having a hard time showing the above painting, because "beauty and loveliness" is not in vogue at the moment. Everybody wants to see darkness and angst, she said. I thought that was pretty sad.
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| My favorite of Nancy Dahlstrom's artwork at the Open Studios event. |
Thank you for showcasing these artists. I'm getting a little peek into the studios even though I didn't go! I like the beauty of Nancy Dahlstrom's work. It is a sad commentary that people want "darkness and angst".
ReplyDeleteThank you! Like Leonora, I was not out visiting studios and heard such amazing things about Nancy's new studio and it looks glorious. She is one of the hardest working and dedicated professors I know---her students all remember her forever and remain in touch. Like you, I am drawn to the etching of the fire at night in the grass. Nancy grows many varieties of beautiful grasses and plants then captures them in her work...what a grand human being she is!
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