About the Artist

Nancy Shill discovers uniqueness in cast-off paper and other articles in her mixed media expressions.

“It is my intent to bring the interactions between unrelated materials from their previous existances into new and dynamic relationships ."  Color takes to different papers, fabrics, metals, plastics, woods and masonries differently. I'm challanged to push the limits in combining these.

The "used" materials that I employ, overlooked in a disposable society,  make a cry for universal worth. They are earthy and truthful. They contain history.

With irreverent sense of humor,  I like to think of my art as a statement of hope and reality of the imagination. That is, we are not limited by common ways of thinking. The search for a new way can open our eyes.

Nancy studied with Roy Lichtenstein at Douglass College in 1962.  She admires and has been inspired by Kurt Schwitters and Henri Matisse.  She has also studied at the Newark School of Fine I Industrial Arts and at Montclair University.

She has taught at the Michener Museum, New Hope PA, in the University of the Arts and at various other venues . She currently teaches at  TheArts in Stockton, NJ.

Honors

• Lloyd Lawrence award, Phillip's Mill Art Exhibition for "Pink Ice," 2001.
• Artsbridge Juried show at Prallsville Mill 2002
• Artsbridge "Works on Paper" 2004 & 2005
• National Prallsville Mills juried art show, 2002
• Doylestown Art League Juried Show
• Tinicum Art Show 2004
• Plastic Club,  Philadelphia, PA Jan 2003 
• Hon. Mention 2006 "Picture Bucks County" Photo Contest,Erwinna PA 

Studies

• Newark Museum Art School, Newark, N.J. - 1950-58
• Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts, Newark, N.J. - 1959
• Private lessons with Carmen Cicero - 1960
• Douglass College or Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
         Studied with Roy Lichtenstein 1961-1962
• Private lessons with Lida Hilton, West Orange, N.J. - 1971
• Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J. - Studied with Rex Goreleigh 1977-78