Nancy Partovi: Fine Art in Watercolor
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Mount Diablo Foothills
This is the view of Mount Diablo near my home in Walnut Creek and is always an inspiration. The shapes in this painting seemed to fit together almost like a quilt. This painting will be on exhibit at the Creekside Gallery until December 5th. It was sold in the first few days of the exhibit.
Monday, June 13, 2022
Monday, April 18, 2022
View From My Window, Juried into the Creekside Gallery
Labels:
interior and exterior light,
plant,
warm and cool,
window
Friday, April 15, 2022
Two new paintings juried into the Valley Art Gallery
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Lake Tahoe Blue The Sierra snow is beginning to melt and Spring is coming. This scene is from the North Eastern shore of Lake Tahoe, looking Westward. 14" by 28.5" |
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Maria Rosa's Dress |
This scene from an alleyway in Bellagio, Italy, held the story of a beautiful dress and its owner. I could only imagine what the story was, but it reminded me of the dresses of my dear friend Maria Rosa, whom I met many years ago when I lived in Italy for a year and studied at the University of Padova.
29" by 22"
Monday, July 26, 2021
Three New Paintings Juried into Valley Art Gallery's Spring Exhibit
Labels:
California,
East Bay,
Mount Diablo,
Mt. Diablo Valley
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Breakfast with Tiffany
Breakfast with a friend. A simple pleasure taken from us during 2020. I am grateful to our scientists and our country for providing us with vaccinations and treatments to protect us against this virus.
Friday, November 8, 2019
City Patterns, Juried into the CWA National Exhibit, 1/11/20 - 2/22/20, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA.
Juried into the Valley Art Gallery
Half Dome from Glacier Point, 9.5" by 12.5"
Mt. Diablo Valley, 14.5: by 21.5"
Sonoma Valley Vineyard, 11 by 15.5"
Jan's Flower Pot
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Jan has a terrific view of Mt. Diablo from her deck, and invited me to paint it. The gorgeous patterns made by this plant on her patio table were equally paintable. |
Labels:
flower pot,
red flowers,
tea kettle
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Gifts from Lake Tahoe
These paintings are of beautiful Lake Tahoe, based on views from the Northeast side of the Lake. Water, land, mountains, trees, rocks, and ever-changing skies. Lake Tahoe has it all.
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12" x 31" |
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12" x 16" |
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12" x 31" |
Labels:
Lake Tahoe
Friday, December 21, 2018
Wellspring
Wellspring is a painting of rapidly moving water about to flow under the bridge at the foot of Vernal Falls in Yosemite. "Wellspring" refers to "the source," as water is the source of life and passes through this cycle every year. My family and I have visited Yosemite every Spring for the past 30 years or so and Yosemite has always been a wellspring for us, a source of renewal and inspiration.
Labels:
Vernal Falls,
waterfall,
wellspring,
Yosemite
Over the Mountain
Over the Mountain was painted en plein air on several early mornings. The focus was on the beauty of majestic Mount Diablo, rising above the colorful hills and milky fog in a scene that was as transient as it was inspiring.
Labels:
milky fog,
Mount Diablo,
Mt. Diablo,
Walnut Creek California
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Yellow Taxi
The yellow taxi and colorful city street were the focus. This was also an experiment with reflections, lost and found edges and a narrow, vertical format.
Labels:
san francisco,
urban landscape,
watercolor
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
John Salminen's Inspiring Workshop
In February 2017, I had the wonderful opportunity to take John Salminen's workshop on Painting the Urban Landscape and to meet him and his wife, Kathy. He generously shared his insights on many aspects of art and watercolor painting, as did Kathy, an accomplished artist in her own right. Everyone in the class completed a successful painting on a full-sized sheet of watercolor paper! This is mine (with guidance and new techniques learned from both John and Kathy). Thank you, John and Kathy, for an amazing and inspiring week of instruction.
La Maison à Nice, France, 30" x 22". Based on a photo I took when I was there several years ago.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Window on Another Time--China Camp
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Labels:
California Beach,
China Camp,
plein air,
watercolor painting
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Spring Rain on Mount Diablo
Juried into the "Slopes of Diablo 2015" show in the Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, by juror Randall Sexton. 13.5" x 20.5" Exhibition Dates: May 9th - June 13, 2015, 1660 Botelho Drive, Suite 110, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.
This painting was done almost completely en plein air near the Northgate High School in Walnut Creek. "Natural substances, obeying their own laws, create beautiful things." This is a statement made by Cheng-Khee Chee in a class I took from him many years ago. When painting in watercolor, I try to remember this statement and try to place the paint and water on the surface of the paper in such a way that they can move freely to create beautiful things. The rocks, land, water, trees, and clouds were the inspiration. They were also natural substances obeying their own laws and creating beautiful things.
Juried into the "Slopes of Diablo 2015" show in the Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, by juror Randall Sexton. 13.5" x 20.5" Exhibition Dates: May 9th - June 13, 2015, 1660 Botelho Drive, Suite 110, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.
This painting was done almost completely en plein air near the Northgate High School in Walnut Creek. "Natural substances, obeying their own laws, create beautiful things." This is a statement made by Cheng-Khee Chee in a class I took from him many years ago. When painting in watercolor, I try to remember this statement and try to place the paint and water on the surface of the paper in such a way that they can move freely to create beautiful things. The rocks, land, water, trees, and clouds were the inspiration. They were also natural substances obeying their own laws and creating beautiful things.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Mount Diablo--Many Paths to the Top
Beautiful Mount Diablo--always majestic, always changing, always inspiring--painted on a very hot Summer day. 12.5 by 16.5
Labels:
California,
East Bay,
landscape,
Mount Diablo,
Mt. Diablo
Morning Messengers
Painted early this year as Spring blossoms were beginning to appear and the birds were making graceful loops through the valley.
Labels:
birds,
California,
landscape,
Mount Diablo,
Spring
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Tranquillity in Blue
This painting was done en plein air over a number of early December mornings. The view was so gorgeous and peaceful and amazing that the painting almost painted itself. 15 x 28.5
Labels:
landscape,
Mount Diablo,
Mt. Diablo,
Tranquility,
Valley
Blackbird Ballad
Pam and I painted in the East Bay wetlands. She faced one direction, and I faced another. There were at times 10-20 blackbirds resting in the reeds. They almost looked like notes on a sheet of music. This painting was recently sold through the Valley Art Gallery. 10 X 14
Labels:
Blackbirds,
East Bay,
Music,
Valley Art Gallery
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Deer Visitors
This painting began as an abstract design with sumi ink on damp crinkled masa paper. The hills and mountains emerged as colors were added. The deer just seemed to fit in at the end. This is another painting based on memories of Yosemite. 20" x 27"
Labels:
crinkle technique,
Deer,
Forest,
sumi ink,
watercolor,
Yosemite
Foliage and Flora
This painting, done using the Crinkle Technique, was based on memories of Yosemite Falls. Our family has gone to Yosemite at least once or twice a year over the past 25 years or so. From many different viewpoints in the Valley the majestic Falls can be seen through the foliage. 18-1/2" x 20".
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