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~ John Stephenson, former Distinquished Professor of Art at the University of Michigan, wrote:
~ John Stephenson, former Distinquished Professor of Art at the University of Michigan, wrote:
~ John Stephenson, former Distinquished Professor of Art at the University of Michigan, wrote:
Genesis, 1982, Oil on canvas, 42 x 50 in.
"The paintings of Nancy Ivers help to give us an understanding of how strong and important the power of the inner eye is to the way we experience our existence.
"The paintings of Nancy Ivers help to give us an understanding of how strong and important the power of the inner eye is to the way we experience our existence.
"The paintings of Nancy Ivers help to give us an understanding of how strong and important the power of the inner eye is to the way we experience our existence.
In this contemporary world our vision is well informed by our outer vision or by what we see with our eyes open. But we also see with our eyes closed and very often this vision has a dreamlike quality. Nancy Ivers’s paintings have this quality and she brings the inner world out for us to see. While our inner world is felt to be more private and personal, each of us had little difficulty relating to another person’s inner world.
Ivers shows us a world that is full of active and not passive expressions. You experience a sense of movement as if you are part of some ritual dance. The colors of this inner world are more vivid than those of the outer world. Images come and go as one searches through the shards of broken color. Almost as an image forms it dissolves into yet another building image. Color, pattern and movement are this artist’s strongest tools as she stretches our inner world."
In this contemporary world our vision is well informed by our outer vision or by what we see with our eyes open. But we also see with our eyes closed and very often this vision has a dreamlike quality. Nancy Ivers’s paintings have this quality and she brings the inner world out for us to see. While our inner world is felt to be more private and personal, each of us had little difficulty relating to another person’s inner world.
In this contemporary world our vision is well informed by our outer vision or by what we see with our eyes open. But we also see with our eyes closed and very often this vision has a dreamlike quality. Nancy Ivers’s paintings have this quality and she brings the inner world out for us to see. While our inner world is felt to be more private and personal, each of us had little difficulty relating to another person’s inner world.
Ivers shows us a world that is full of active and not passive expressions. You experience a sense of movement as if you are part of some ritual dance. The colors of this inner world are more vivid than those of the outer world. Images come and go as one searches through the shards of broken color. Almost as an image forms it dissolves into yet another building image. Color, pattern and movement are this artist’s strongest tools as she stretches our inner world."
Ivers shows us a world that is full of active and not passive expressions. You experience a sense of movement as if you are part of some ritual dance. The colors of this inner world are more vivid than those of the outer world. Images come and go as one searches through the shards of broken color. Almost as an image forms it dissolves into yet another building image. Color, pattern and movement are this artist’s strongest tools as she stretches our inner world."
Genesis, 1982, Oil on canvas
Genesis, 1982, Oil on canvas, 42 x 50 in.
~ Thomas W. Lollar, internationally renowned ceramist and professor of fine arts at Columbia University, describes Ivers’s creative spirit as evocative of the dynamism that was central to the early 20th Century Futurists:
~ Thomas W. Lollar, internationally renowned ceramist and professor of fine arts at Columbia University, describes Ivers’s creative spirit as evocative of the dynamism that was central to the early 20th Century Futurists:
~ Thomas W. Lollar, internationally renowned ceramist and professor of fine arts at Columbia University, describes Ivers’s creative spirit as evocative of the dynamism that was central to the early 20th Century Futurists:
Life Force, 2023, High-density resin
Wind, 2024, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
Life Force, 2023, High-density resin
Wind, 2024, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
"Nancy Ivers embraces various media in a sensitive expression of visual intent.
"Nancy Ivers embraces various media in a sensitive expression of visual intent.
"Nancy Ivers embraces various media in a sensitive expression of visual intent.
Life Force, 2023, High-density resin
Wind, 2024, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
What I mean by this is how she has the innovative ability to marry her painting and sculpture. The application of paint thrusting forth in dynamic strokes of color is complementary to her approach to the skillful manipulation of clay into forms of spontaneous movement… I feel a sense of vibrating movement as windswept, multicolor abstract forms flicker across the canvas. Interestingly, Ivers achieves the same visual dynamism in the monochrome porcelain sculpture where texture replaces color. What appears as being spontaneous is carefully and skillfully designed to make color and texture dance."
What I mean by this is how she has the innovative ability to marry her painting and sculpture. The application of paint thrusting forth in dynamic strokes of color is complementary to her approach to the skillful manipulation of clay into forms of spontaneous movement… I feel a sense of vibrating movement as windswept, multicolor abstract forms flicker across the canvas. Interestingly, Ivers achieves the same visual dynamism in the monochrome porcelain sculpture where texture replaces color. What appears as being spontaneous is carefully and skillfully designed to make color and texture dance."
~ Martin Parsons in ARTspeak, 1990, describes Ivers's process and work:
~ Martin Parsons in ARTspeak, 1990, describes Ivers's process and work:
~ Martin Parsons in ARTspeak, 1990, describes Ivers's process and work:
"In order to create work that mirrors daily experience, an artist must live fully in the world, as well as in the studio.
"In order to create work that mirrors daily experience, an artist must live fully in the world, as well as in the studio.
"In order to create work that mirrors daily experience, an artist must live fully in the world, as well as in the studio.
Mountain Lake, 1984, Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 in.
Mountain Lake, 1984, Oil on canvas,
40 x 50 in.
Dr. Nancy Ivers's splendid show of oils and laser collages is an excellent case in point. Besides being a gifted artist, Nancy is a psychologist with a private practice in New York. This fact is of more than passing interest, since her two fields of endeavor seem to converge in her paintings, which have a soothing spiritual presence that bespeaks a wise and sympathetic view of the human condition."
Dr. Nancy Ivers's splendid show of oils and laser collages is an excellent case in point. Besides being a gifted artist, Nancy is a psychologist with a private practice in New York. This fact is of more than passing interest, since her two fields of endeavor seem to converge in her paintings, which have a soothing spiritual presence that bespeaks a wise and sympathetic view of the human condition."
Mountain Lake, 1984, Oil on canvas, 42 x 50 in.