Nancy Stephani
My paintings capture the energy patterns of emotion on canvas using color, pattern and light I’m evoking a mood... a state of mind...an internal event...something fluid and malleable rather than something existing solidly in the universe of here and now. I’m not trying to paint water or sky, but rather, the way water and sky feel. A tangible artifact of a fleeting moment so maybe you can go there again. I think color speaks very directly to our feelings and I like to use it in an emotional way.
I work with many thin, transparent layers of paint in order to create subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. This depth is very important in my painting; in some areas you can see all the way down to the base color. I work with the patterns created in this way to build up the shading and texture of the piece. I’m always trying to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that makes me want to cry.
Artist Statement I CV
Nancy Stephani’s paintings capture the energy patterns of emotion on canvas using color, pattern and light to evoke mood, a state of mind, an internal event, something fluid and malleable rather than something existing solidly , here and now , in the universe . I’m not trying to paint water or sky, but rather, the way water and sky feel. Painting a tangible artifact that exists only in a fleeting moment so maybe you can go there again.
Color speaks directly to our feelings and Nancy uses color to tap human emotion. She works with many thin, transparent layers of paint to create a subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. Color depth is very important in her painting; in some areas, you can see down to the base color. Nancy Stephani creates patterns to build and saturate her shading and texture in each work. Stephani seeks to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that ‘makes me want to cry’.
Nancy Stephanie’s colors pallet speaks very directly to our feelings and emotional being. She works with many thin, transparent layers of paint in order to create subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. This depth is very important to her painting and in some areas of each canvas you can see all the way down to the base color. I work with the patterns created in this way to build up the shading and texture of teach work.. I’m always trying to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that makes me want to cry.
Nancy Stephani’s paintings capture the energy patterns of emotion on canvas using color, pattern and light to evoke mood, a state of mind, an internal event, something fluid and malleable rather than something existing solidly , here and now , in the universe . I’m not trying to paint water or sky, but rather, the way water and sky feel. Painting a tangible artifact that exists only in a fleeting moment so maybe you can go there again.
Nancy Stephanie’s colors pallet speaks very directly to our feelings and emotional being. She works with many thin, transparent layers of paint in order to create subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. This depth is very important to her painting and in some areas of each canvas you can see all the way down to the base color. I work with the patterns created in this way to build up the shading and texture of teach work.. I’m always trying to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that makes me want to cry.
Nancy Stephani’s paintings capture the energy patterns of emotion on canvas using color, pattern and light to evoke mood, a state of mind, an internal event, something fluid and malleable rather than something existing solidly , here and now , in the universe . I’m not trying to paint water or sky, but rather, the way water and sky feel. Painting a tangible artifact that exists only in a fleeting moment so maybe you can go there again.
Nancy Stephani’s paintings capture the energy patterns of emotion using color, pattern and light to evoking a mood, a state of mind, an internal event...something fluid and malleable rather than something existing solidly in the heere and now of the universe. I’m not trying to paint water or sky, but rather, the way water and sky feel. A tangible artifact of a fleeting moment so maybe you can go there again.
Nancy Stephani uses color to speak very directly to our feelings and I like to use it emotionally. I work with many thin, transparent layers of paint to create a subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. This depth is very important in my painting; in some areas, you can see down to the base color. I work with the patterns created in this way to build up the shading and texture of the piece. I’m always trying to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that makes me want to cry.


Color speaks directly to our feelings and Nancy uses color to tap human emotion. She works with many thin, transparent layers of paint to create a subtle, lush color that you can almost fall into. Color depth is very important in her painting; in some areas, you can see down to the base color. Nancy Stephani creates patterns to build and saturate her shading and texture in each work. Stephani seeks to capture that certain shade of tropical lagoon at noon aqua that ‘makes me want to cry’.