Pink Arrow Arts
35 Pine St. Montrose PA - Thurs-Sat 11-4
Western Light
Nancy Silvia
March 29 - May 3, 2025
Opening reception 3/29, 4-6pm
The subject of landscape is complex and engages my interest throughout a range of aesthetic and spiritual concerns. In choosing to represent the natural world I seek to evoke a “sense of place” and the evanescent sensations of light and weather. There is active choice involved in observing, selecting, transforming, and often inventing elements of the view that I present. In depicting natural landscape scenes in partnership with abstract pictorial composition, I hope to convey an intense and poetic impression.
--Nancy Silvia
Nancy Silvia is an accomplished artist renowned for her evocative landscape paintings that capture the essence of diverse terrains. Growing up near the Connecticut shoreline, her early fascination with the horizon profoundly influenced her artistic vision. She pursued formal education in the arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Yale University. Her senior year at RISD was distinguished by participation in the European Honors Program in Rome, further enriching her artistic perspective.
Throughout her career, Silvia has exhibited her work extensively across the United States and Japan. Her professional affiliations include the American Society of Marine Artists and signature memberships in the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of New Mexico, and the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico. She has also been awarded artist residencies at esteemed institutions such as The Ragdale Foundation in Illinois, The Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, Acadia National Park in Maine, and Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico.
Currently residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Silvia continues to draw inspiration from the region's unique landscapes, translating their beauty into distinctive works.