Nancy Simmons Smith

A New Year

Happy New Year, world. Time to turn over a new leaf with this website and blog.  Both have been terribly neglected but I’ll try to do better in 2015. I love winter here:  the cold outside makes staying home a treat.  Time to burrow into the studio and do some new stuff.  Watch here for… Read more A New Year

bare naked invitation (2)

bare naked

For five years eleven Peterborough and area artists have been getting together once a week to paint and draw the figure.  Our first group show will open on May 25 and run for two weeks. Hope you can come! Double click the image for details!

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How Others See Us

Today the KAGS portrait group’s model didn’t arrive.  I happened to be on site to sit the current show and ended up on the other side of the easel for the afternoon.  A very interesting experience!  I have a new appreciation of how difficult it is to hold a pose.  Here are the results.

oil painting of a woman side view bending at the waist

Oils

My friends at life drawing have inspired me to get out the oil paint and here are a couple of pieces done in the last few months.  Watch for them at the KAGS Faces and Figures show January 27 to February 21.

Neck Lace, mixed media on canvas, 12"x12"

White on White

Over the holidays I had great fun doing a group of seven small canvasses exploring white on white – the theme of a group show at the Women’s Art Association of Canada that will be installed on January 8th.  The opening reception will be on January 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.  I’m especially pleased with… Read more White on White