From Ash and Pearl
After Yves I
2012 pigment, gold leaf, clay on panel 20" x 14" Sold
After Yves II
2012 pigment, gold leaf, clay on panel 20" x 14" Sold
Cloud Study
2012 gold leaf and mother of pearl on panel 8" x 6" Sold
Gold Pour Box
2012 wood, gesso, gold leaf 6" x 6" x 6" Available
Moon Gold Sea and Sky
2012 moon gold, mother of pearl, black clay on panel 30" x 42" Available
Night Sky I
2012 silver leaf, mother of pearl, mirror, pigment on panel 22" x 34" Available
Night Sky II
2012 silver leaf, mother of pearl, mirror, pigment on panel 22" x 34" Available
Night Sky Study
2012 silver leaf, pigment, shellac, mirror on panel 10" x 8" Sold
Night Sky Study
2012 silver leaf, pigment, shellac, mirror on panel 10" x 8" Sold
Silver Cloud and Black Moon Screen (back view)
2012 silver leaf, mother of pearl, black clay, red clay, pigment and shellac on panel 72" x 78" x 1 1/2" Available
Silver Cloud and Black Moon Screen (front view)
2012 silver leaf, mother of pearl, black clay, red clay, pigment and shellac on panel 72" x 78" x 1 1/2" Available
Silver Sea
2012 silver leaf, pigment, black clay, mother of pearl, mirror 30" x 42" x 1 1/2" Sold
White Gold Cloud
2012 gold leaf, mother of pearl on panel 50" x 41" Sold
Artists
Statement
PDX Contemporary Art is pleased to present new work by Nancy Lorenz. Lorenz combines mother of pearl, pigments, lacquer, gold and silver leaf to create paintings that reference the natural world. Her paintings have both an abstract expressionist approach and fine craft techniques. Lorenz's imagery draws from Japanese aestheticism, chemistry and a classic painterly mode.
“On my drawing table sits jars of gilders’ clay, scraps of pearl and abelone, books of moon gold and palladium, a watercolor palette made of mussel shells, a bag of dirt sent from my son at camp instead of a letter, bits of mirror and a hammer, a box of sulphur from the gift shop near Mt Fuji, ash from the peat fire from Cottage #7, Ballinskelligs, Ireland.
The water and grass lines, and the Night Sky dots are the place I put my cherished materials in this series of paintings.”
- Nancy Lorenz 2012