musings – Page 2 – Nancy Anderson

Molly Undone

…or, unfinished. But undone sounds so much more interesting, like a 40-something woman sitting in the kitchen with disheveled hair, one leg up on the table, with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. No, this Molly is just back behind the door, removed from the easel where she has satContinue reading “Molly Undone”

Thanks for coming by!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who stopped by during Somerville Open Studios this past weekend. This was my third year participating, and it was a much different experience for me than my first year. This year (and last), I was located in the community space at Arts at the Armory and, because there were multipleContinue reading “Thanks for coming by!”

my lack of breadth

I have to say that I never did work on that urban landscape that I had planned to do. Or the scientific portrayal of herbalism. Or the abstract representation of nature. But I have enough faces to cover the warm brick walls at iYo Cafe in Davis Square, and that’s representational of my work. AlthoughContinue reading “my lack of breadth”

Here

There were days when I aspired to having a studio. To be in the company of other artists and to have a space that was devoted only to making art. DaVinci once said “An artist’s studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.” As someone incrediblyContinue reading “Here”

Ode to SOS

I remember sitting at my desk at work, years ago, talking about needing to move, and a co-worker suggested that I move to Somerville. Good God, I thought. Somerville? Growing up south of Boston, it was inherent that we not venture north of the city. (I did, once or twice, but only briefly.) She saidContinue reading “Ode to SOS”

The Case of the Cursed Canvas

I returned to the easel tonight to work on Sean. My eyes went from the photo to the canvas to the photo to the canvas and back and forth, over and over and over, looking for that place where I would start. I got to thinking that, well, maybe I’ll just put this one asideContinue reading “The Case of the Cursed Canvas”

Location, Location, Location

I love NY. So much that sometimes I think that I’d like to live there. This past Sunday, I was heading down Hudson in the West Village when I came upon this little tiny shop: Being Sunday morning, it was locked up and dark, but I pressed my face against the window and peered inside.Continue reading “Location, Location, Location”

creativity and the process and the genius

The talk given by author Elizabeth Gilbert at the 2009 TED conference is most definitely worth a few minutes of your time…

the fireground

So, I haven’t been painting, lately. Gearing up for Somerville Open Studios, I was so happy to have finally gotten into the groove of painting all of the time. Almost every night, I would make a pot of tea, turn on the lamp at my easel, and throw some paint on the canvas. A monthContinue reading “the fireground”

facepalm

My new business cards arrived today. I loved them. Until I saw that I put the wrong web address on them. Thank you if you found me despite my random idiocy. …and if you need any bookmarks, just let me know.