By
Nanci Hersh
Piece description from the artist
Awakening is from my Koi Pond Series, inspired by my love of water. I lived in Hawaii for many years where I surfed and snorkeled regularly. Presently, I live in PA where I find peace and serenity sitting, painting, writing and meditating near my backyard koi pond. The painting begins with using nets of various types (fishing, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) as stencils to create patterns of color and light with spray paint. From there, I work in acrylics and/or oils as the fish begin to emerge on the canvas and the painting evolves as a fluid process of discovery of what lies beneath the surface- in the water, and in my heart.
Nanci Hersh is a mixed-media artist working across painting, sculpture, and installation. Her practice explores how personal experience intersects with collective memory, and how moments of change, rupture, and renewal take form through material, process, and repetition. Through layered surfaces and tactile constructions, her work traces a process of discovery and transformation, where meaning accumulates through making and unexpected connections.
Hersh has exhibited nationally at venues including the Delaware Contemporary, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art in New York, the Museum of Encaustic Art in Santa Fe, and the Monmouth Museum in New Jersey. She is the recipient of three Purchase Awards from the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and three Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants. Her work is held in public and corporate collections including Johnson and Johnson and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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