 Welcome to NancyAnderson.ca
I worked at a variety of jobs before spending ten years as a police
dispatcher. A chronic medical condition meant much time spent in hospitalization
for treatment or surgery, and I passed the days sketching from my photography.
Living in Victoria, one of my favourite subjects was Craftsman-era
houses and heritage architecture. During the nicer weather I’d
draw on site, and I found that house-proud owners would often want
to purchase the picture. I found myself doing house portraits and commission
work for local bed and breakfast owners.
During a five-year medical disability, I realized that I was hopelessly
unsuited to a career as anything BUT an artist, and so I finally pursued
the idea. I enrolled in the Victoria College of Art’s (www.vca.bc.ca)
Spring Immersion Session. I took other classes in 35mm photography,
darkroom, architectural drafting and rendering. I taught myself to
digitally enhance and distort my photography, and I built up a collection
of original paintings.
When I met Alice Rich in April of 2004, things began to happen. Alice,
a fine artist herself, has written articles for Opus’ (www.opusframing.com)
art-store newsletter, and she offers seminars on what you need to do
to be a successful artist – whatever that means to you. * In
July I attended her giclée class with Alan Somerville of Imageworks
(www.vancouverimageworks.com) in Vancouver. I was impressed, and I
was satisfied that giclée is a significant step in fine-art
reproduction.
I began my venture as a self-employed artist by offering high quality,
limited-edition prints of the works I completed during my five years
of medical disability. The existing collection of reproduced images
comprises a variety of subjects in acrylic paintings and colored-pencil
drawings. In August of 2004 I began a series of large scale, close-up
35mm photographs in giclée on canvas. Other originals include
pen-and-ink drawings, graphite and water-soluble oil. In production
now is a series of acrylic paintings depicting scenes in Nova Scotia’s
Annapolis County area, and Bamfield and Tofino of Vancouver Island.
Originals and reproductions may be viewed in a studio tour by appointment
at (250) 361-1544.
*If you are interested in Alice Rich’s seminars, contact her
at alice-rich@shaw.ca
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