About the Artist
Nancy Arons began painting when she retired in 2006 from a psychotherapy practice and painting became her passion-the luscious oil paints, painting en plein air and in her studio, the creative process, the critiques from elite teachers and the camaraderie of other artists who share the same passion and commitment to learning a craft as artists have done through the ages.
Nancy holds a BA from Syracuse University, an MA in Dance from Columbia Teachers College and and MSW from Catholic University. Her dance and psychotherapy education has influenced and informed the physical and emotional aspects of her work. For her, painting is a way to express and personalize nature to create a harmonious whole not unlike being a therapist and helping clients to organize and understand their lives.
She has been juried into many shows and had a solo show at the Bethesda Library. She was recently in a show at Gallery B curated by DC Gallery NK. She has served for five years on the board of the Yellow Barn, an art school at Glen Echo Park, Maryland.
While her work is somewhat representational, she tries to capture the feeling and essence of a view, focusing on color, light and shapes that appear in nature.
Nancy was born and raised in New York and has lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland for the last forty years.
August 2022 Juried into Adirondack Plein Air Festival
September 2021 Juried into Strathmore Mansion "Touch" exhibition
July 2021 Sold 8 Paintings to "Trees" shop in Bolton Landing, NY
May 2021 "Spirit of Time" show curated by Gallery NK
October 2019 Solo Show Connie Morella Bethesda Library
February 2019 Gallery B Group Show "Breakout Color"
2018- 2019 South-Atlantic Juried Exhibition in Montpelier, VA
December 2014-2020 Yellow Barn Juried Art Show
2017 Hill Center Juried Show at Old Naval Hospital
2017-2020 Rockville Art League Juried Show
2017-2021 MAA Friendship Heights Member Show
2017 Town of Chevy Chase Art Show
August 2016 Yellow Barn Small works Show
2016 Group Show BROAD STROKES-Four women
show their stuff- paintings at The Yellow Barn with
Jennifer Howard, Marybeth Paterson, Kathy Byrnes
and Nancy Arons
2015 Rehoboth Juried show American Landscapes
2007-2010
Elbow Cay group art show
2015 Art Seeds Group show Yellow Barn
2010 Yellow Barn group show with Bonny Lundy