Nancy Merkle

Summer Light, Oil Painting

2019

Artist Comments
Evening sunlight sifting through a stand of tree. The grass reflects the warm color of the summer day, and the trees cast a shadow as a reminder that night is coming.

About the Artist
Nancy Merkle's process begins with a glimpse of color, a flicker of light, a pattern, or a texture. Elements swirl in her mind for hours, sometimes days, sometimes weeks before a design clicks and is transferred to canvas. With the canvas in front of her, she works intuitively -- a mark here, a mark there, a little touch of color, a bit of texture -- until she is satisfied and declares the work finished. Currently Nancy's work leans toward abstraction; she doesn't paint the world as it is, but as she wishes it were. Bold colors and loose brush strokes are her goal. When she's not making art, Nancy travels the Pacific Coast with a bicycle strapped to the car and "curiosity in my back pocket."

Words that describe this painting: landscape, nature, trees, woodland, evening, birch, nature, representational, oil painting, green, green

Summer Light
Nancy Merkle
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2019
20 in. h x 16 in. w x .75 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.