By
Nanci Hersh
Piece description from the artist
Dandelions are among the first signs from nature that we are moving from winter to spring. Children of all ages take delight in the magic of their breath, closing their eyes, blowing on a dandelion puff and making a wish.
Dandelions are also often considered to be a symbol of emotional healing. They can be found in most unexpected places and that is because of their ability to survive even in the most difficult conditions. Dandelions teach us to look deep beneath the surface of anything to know its real value.
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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