This entry was posted on 2/16/2007 2:21 PM and is filed under Nancy.
Welcome to my first Forum! This blog has been set up for you, my fans, to have a place to gather and leave messages for one another about art, decorating ideas, great finds, community events, gallery events, neat websites, antiques etc. etc. Please have a great time and "post responsibly"... I have a team of wild cyber-dogs looking for rude bloggers. Look forward to hearing from you! Nancy
2/16/2007 9:04 PM
Michele wrote:
Love your new print! Enjoyed meeting you at the Yorktown gallery during your Christmas open house. Keep up the wonderful job!! Reply to this
8/2/2007 4:08 PM
Jane from Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Michele- hope to see you at our Christmas Open House - November 3&4 in Yorktown- always a fun weekend ! Reply to this
2/22/2007 1:28 PM
Bobbie wrote:
The blog is a great idea. Being an avid needleworker I just found a site on line that had a copy of Nancy's Celebrate(Santa)painted on needlepoint canvas...what a surprise. Reply to this
4/21/2007 5:46 AM
Jan wrote:
Could you give me information on where I could find the website. I enjoy needlepoint also and would love something like that also. thank you Jan Reply to this
8/5/2007 6:03 PM
Marian wrote:
Yes, I also needlepoint and I would love to find any of nancy's prints on canvas. Please let me know where I can find them. Reply to this
2/22/2007 5:12 PM
Annette wrote:
I have loved Nancy's designs for years. My husband and I lived in Yorktown for a time. I have earrings, a framed piece of art that my husband suprised me with when our son was born. I have introduced many people to Nancy's designs. Great site!! Annette, WI Reply to this
3/5/2007 8:51 PM
DIANA wrote:
Hello Nancy, I just purchased one of your delightful paintings, "Coming Home", from Roger's Gardens in Corona Del Mar, CA. I "am owned" by 5 devine felines, and this enchanting painting, with the cat looking out of the window, just captured my heart. Thank you for your artistic vision and delicious talent. You've helped put a smile on my face, since I have just hung it over my desk next to a window looking out on my garden. Diana L. Reply to this
8/2/2007 4:18 PM
Jane in Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Diana- Another very cute feline painting is Good Mews. Nancy has 2 sweet cats that are always in the Yorktown Gallery- Ballard and Izzy (found during Hurricane Isabel) Reply to this
3/9/2007 12:12 PM
Kim B wrote:
I just love all your work. We are local and my children (12 and 10 year old girls)have begun their collections and always want to visit your shops in Yorktown and Williamsburg Reply to this
3/14/2007 3:40 PM
Louise wrote:
I discovered Nancy Thomas many years ago when I purchased her Band of Angels. Since then, I have enjoyed adding to my collection. Her art 'talks to me' in a way that no one else does. I have visited Yorktown twice and wish I were closer. Cheers! and keep up your creative genius. Reply to this
8/2/2007 3:47 PM
Jane in Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Louise- The band of angels is a signature piece- still very popular.If you like the her wood angels we have the cutest seedling angel available in 2 sizes and an ornament. Reply to this
I live in Northern Virginia. My friends and I love to visit your stores when we have the chance to travel. There is always something new and exciting to see. Collecting your artwork has been a pleasure and we look forward to many more pieces in the future. I love the children's month series. They are so happy and whimsical and we could all use some of that in our lives, don't you think? See you next time we are in the area...
8/2/2007 4:29 PM
Jane in Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Diane- Glad you love Nancy's art so much! Have you seen the children's days of the week? Hope you get to visit us again soon with your friends. Reply to this
4/9/2007 5:23 PM
Melinda Minor wrote:
I am just crazy about Nancy Thomas' prints. I get so excited to see what is coming out next. I have her things in every room in my house. They bring me such joy. I have even gotten my daughters hooked now. Reply to this
4/18/2007 6:24 AM
Carrie S wrote:
Enjoying your blog and need some advice! We are remodeling our home and are designing our bedroom around our Nancy Thomas prints. Specifically, the Four Seasons prints with Trees will be the focal point of the room. Here's my dilemma - what color should we paint the walls to be complement the prints?
The colors in the prints are so vibrant, and I want to enhance them with the right paint choice. We've been struggling with this for many months and I am hoping that someone has a great idea! Reply to this
8/2/2007 10:24 AM
Jane in MS wrote:
Hi Carrie,Sorry it took so long to respond. Nancy's art looks great with so many colors. The gallery in Yorktown is painted a different color a few times a year! Enjoy your new bedroom. Reply to this
4/19/2007 6:21 AMSusan Foster wrote:
I met you many years ago. My Uncle John owned Yorktown Pottery then and he took us to your home. I fell in love with everything! I now own this shop, SuzAnna's Antiques, in Raleigh N.C.,(suzannasantiques.com) and would love to sell your items. Just visited a ladies home and saw your art once more and got so excited. Your art is so wonderful.I have pieces from 1979. Reply to this
7/18/2007 2:39 PMLeslie wrote:
hi SuzAnna my name is Leslie and i am the wholesale cordinator here @ Nancy Thomas Gallery. Nancy would love for you to carry her art in your store. For more information please give me a call 800-939-4278 toll free.
4/28/2007 10:40 PM
Stacy wrote:
I am looking for a shop to purchase Nancy's wonderful prints. I live in a small town about 175 from Dallas. Does anyone have an idea of where to shop for Nancy's things in the Dallas Ft. Worth area? Thanks, Stacy Reply to this
7/18/2007 2:49 PMLeslie wrote:
Hi stacy, here are some of our retail stores in Dallas that carries Nancy's art.
Unmistakably Molly, Inc 6619 Snider Plaza Dallas, TX 75205
Now and Then - TX 3546 Caruth Street Dallas, TX 75225
9/21/2007 7:12 PM
Jodie Vaughan wrote:
Thanks for listing me, Leslie. My shop is at Lovers Lane Antique Market at 5001 West Lovers Lane in Dallas. 214/351-5656. It is Now 'n Then - Vaughan. Reply to this
5/11/2007 8:57 PM
Michele wrote:
Kathe! Nancy is finally doing the State series you have been asking for! How exciting! Can't wait for California (and Georgia!)!! Reply to this
5/14/2007 1:35 PMNancy wrote:
Below is a recent article written for Portfolio Magazine. Hope you enjoy!
Nancy Thomas: Through an Artist’s Eye
Garden Dreams
Spring makes me think of delicious fresh salads: tiny, dewy, still alive lettuce leaves, garlic chives snipped as they grow, the same with parsley. I’m not a great gardener or even a great cook but there is something about a raised bed of glowing vegetables that inspires me.
Now the question becomes-- inspires me to do what?. Inspires me to cook, to garden, or maybe to capture the moments in a painting (as an artist, I think like this).
Now that I am thinking of this, I realize what it truly inspires me to do is old-fashioned daydreaming. To daydream about how to arrange the growing rows of vegetables and herbs so the colors blend well. Yellow corn next to red and green peppers, long grass-like chives next to curly green parsley mixed with the tiny yellow leaves of lemon thyme. Oh, and purple basil! A beautiful scene!
Next, the joy of putting it all together in a handcrafted burl bowl with a little olive oil and vinegar and a dash of salt and pepper.
Beside this bowl, let’s add some fresh-cut flowers from the raised flowerbed. Had I mentioned the raised flower bed? In this daydream, I now have three raised beds, vegetable, herbs, and flowers each bed filled with perfectly measured soil ingredients to fill the nutrient needs of each lively plant.
Add crisp linen napkins with a tiny sprig of thyme and a honeybee embroidered on the corners (in the age of chivalry a maiden would embroider a tiny sprig of thyme and a honeybee on her scarf to give to the bravest knight). …I could go on and on with every minute detail…. And I have another painting. And a lovely lunch.
You realize, of course, this is all in my daydreams. I love this! Anything is possible!
Now to reality. The grocery store is a quick trip for baby lettuce. I will clip a little chives and parsley from the tangled overgrown herb garden, and the salad bowl is slightly chipped pottery. As for the napkins, they are wrinkled cotton right out of the dryer. Definitely, fresh-cut flowers! Buttercups and violets.
Gardening, cooking, painting, umm, maybe tomorrow. Reply to this
5/20/2007 10:30 PM
msk nelson wrote:
Just got two prints on hardboard here in South Texas..one is Black Tie and the other matches it but had no name..(party goers around the piano.).I LOVE THEM. Have them up on my desk already..they make me happy!! Thank you...mskn Reply to this
5/27/2007 4:49 PM
Danielle Ravatel Robinson wrote:
Are you the Nancy Rhyne Thomas I met in Paris in the sixties and with whom i used to write and exchange records? I would love to know! Reply to this
5/28/2007 9:35 AMBob wrote:
Hi Nancy, Love your blog! Great way to keep up on what's going on with your art. I'm an avid fan in Atlanta and have several peices of your art that I cherish. I also have a couple of peices given to me that were completed by your daughter Hunter. Does she still complete works of art? Thanks! Reply to this
6/28/2007 8:09 PM
Sarah wrote:
Dear Nancy, My name is Sarah Spata and I am the daughter of Joan Tatum. You are still creating and your work is so amazing. I love seeing all your fun whimsical prints. I especially love the "Angel Cake" print. It is so fun and I hope to get it some day soon. I enjoy collecting your work as my mother did too. Take care. Reply to this
8/2/2007 9:55 AM
Jane in Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Sarah, If you have an opportunity come see the gorgeous 5ft birthday cake in the window of our Wmsbg store-you would love it! Nancy created it for our 10 year anniversary. We made a very cute enamel pin of the angelcake(we have a collection of new pins that make a nice gift)Also for our celebration we made birthday garden stakes and TTA angels with cakes painted on them-all still available in our YT and MS stores. Reply to this
7/18/2007 12:03 PM
Emily wrote:
What is the deal with this Envision show at the Yorktown Gallery? Does anyone have any information on it? Reply to this
7/20/2007 7:06 AM
chris wrote:
Envision will be a show that opens on Saturday, June 21st. It will have Visionary/Self-Taught and Outsider artists from around the country on display and available for purchase. This show will be a "must see" for anyone collecting art! Refreshments will be served from 4-8 pm on Saturday night. Call the Yorktown Gallery at 757.898.0738 if you need more information. Reply to this
7/30/2007 7:06 AM
barbara schaeufele wrote:
Dear Nancy, I love your cake series and santas-the really large ones. There is so much I have never seen in person because it has been discontinued. Do you have a book with everything in it? Also, is there a website that I could ask if anyone would sell an old piece? I hope you will bring back the blue & white welcome anglecakes sign. Your art changes any room it goes into. PS I loved your cake in the window at Wmsburg store. Barbara Schaeufele Reply to this
8/2/2007 9:40 AM
Jane in Merchant Square wrote:
Hi Barbara, Sorry I missed you on your visit to Wmsbg. Isn't the cake in the window fabulous! I'm glad you are still enjoying your cake series(sorry I was unable to get a angelcakes sign for you)We have a wonderful 3 foot Santa w/ tree(special order)Great piece for the holidays. It would pair well with your Santa w/ trees plaque that you purchased several years ago. Hope to see you soon. Reply to this
8/6/2007 1:09 PMLeslie wrote:
Nancy has new season's available. They are o so colorful. Take a look on our our website www.nancythomas.com You can order online or just call one of our galleries. Yorktown-898-0738 Merchants-259-1938
10/1/2007 5:57 PM
Amy wrote:
Hello! I was just introduced to your art and I am in love with it! I am wondering if anyone knows of any place near San Diego that sells Nancy's art? I am specifically looking for the four seasons series. Thank you! Reply to this
10/11/2007 8:58 AMLeslie wrote:
Hi Amy Home & Garden Art 11706 Cypress Canyon Road San Diego, CA 92131 is one of most popular retail shops that we have. Tell everybody that i said hello! Reply to this
10/26/2007 12:01 PM
Linda Kemp wrote:
Please tell me where I can buy Nancy Thomas in the Atlanta area. I have three of her pieces but haven't found any since I moved to Atlanta. Thank you. Reply to this
10/26/2007 2:45 PMLeslie wrote:
Hi Linda our retail shop in atlanta is Peridot 514 E. Paces Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30305
the contact number there is 404-261-7028 if you have any question please feel free to call them.
10/29/2007 1:50 PMChris wrote:
"The New American Folk Art" Article by Nancy Thomas for Portfolio Weekly Magazine
To reacquaint myself with the concept of getting away from it all, this past May I took off for Ashville and the Smokies with only a slight urge to visit a few art and craft spots famous in that area. After Ashville, I drove a few miles down to Hendersonville, NC, drawn by a shop with the intriguing name of “Olivers’ Southern Folk Art.”
At Olivers’ – tucked away in a strip mall outside of Hendersonville - I was overwhelmed with a display of hundreds of astounding paintings of artists from Oregon to Alabama, from Mississippi to Washington DC., paintings of great color, inspiration and appeal.
As an artist, I knew of the movement to which these paintings belong and which many names have tried to capture – visionary, self-taught, outsider - but I had rarely seen such a broad and varied collection (except in the home of Baron and Ellin Gordon of Williamsburg, who are the premier collectors of fine self-taught art in the world). It is a movement that has been simmering for some time – first spotted by very sophisticated art lovers (like the Gordons) and now being discovered by a broader group of collectors (like George Clooney and his crew who were filming in the area and who bought almost 30 paintings at Olivers’ a couple of weeks before I showed up).
This “New American Folk Art” (my preferred term because, though, much is from the South, its artists are actually from all over the country) includes artists of many different backgrounds, some whose work is of great expressiveness and power and others of gentleness and wonderful style. The one unifying characteristic of their art is its genuineness: it is uncontrived and from the soul. You can see the art in it.
Some of the earlier pieces of this emerging genre (by artist like Holley, Darger and Thornton Dial) have sold for thousands of dollars and are appearing now more and more often in major museums – the Whitney, The American Museum of Folk Art and the New Museum in New York, the High in Atlanta and in many others around the country (not to mention in the just-opened gift to ODU of the Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries). The remarkable fact, however, is that much of the work remains surprisingly affordable.
As an artist, I decided I had to own some of it, and it was not a great leap to think I should share it with my customers and friends in my Yorktown and Williamsburg Galleries. So I bought (and have later bought more) Michael Banks, Sesow, John “Cornbread” Anderson, Mario Mesa, and Carl Dixon. I have added others like Sherry Dooley and Carleton Bakkum (who is the Episcopal minister here in Yorktown and does extraordinary work). I had the work packed up and sent back to Yorktown.
After he totaled up the invoice Ted Oliver said he would like to see me coming before George Clooney and his bunch any day. Oh well. Everyone is allowed one vice. Reply to this
12/3/2007 9:37 AMPenny McAllister wrote:
Nancy, You MUST MUST MUST put the third weekend of October on your calendar and come to Tuscaloosa/Northport, Alabama for the Kentuck Festival of the Arts. Many of these artists you mentioned show their work there and this is where many of them were "discovered." You would just love it. Visit www.kentuck.org for more info.
Michael Banks, Cornbread, and other INCREDIBLE artists that you would love are there to sell their work. I'd love to show you around!
I've long been an admirer and collector of your art. On a visit to Williamsburg (and after seeing the huge grapevine wreath covered with the wooden fruits and vegetable ornaments) I spent MORE time going back and forth to Yorktown, with my two children in tow, than we spent touring historic Williamsburg.
Your picture in the COLLECTING AMERICAN COUNTRY as long been an inspiration to me!
Do come to Alabama this fall! Penny McAllister Reply to this
12/3/2007 1:37 PMchris wrote:
Yorktown - December 3, 2007 – Last Wednesday, November 28, Nancy Thomas traveled by invitation to Washington DC to see her one-of-a-kind ornament, commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown, on the official “Blue Room” White House tree at a reception hosted by First Lady Laura Bush.
This was the second time Thomas has done an ornament for the official White House tree (the Blue Room is the traditional site for the “official” tree): the first was in 1981 when she was selected, along with seven other artists, by the American Folk Art Museum to create ornaments for the White House Tree. That time each artist created 100 ornaments, and the seven artists and their spouses were then hosted by Nancy Reagan.
This time The Colonial National Historical Park Superintendent, Dan Smith, asked Thomas to create an ornament along the theme of her Yorktown 4th of July poster which commemorated the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown.
Thomas was given a simple gold ball ornament about 7 inches in diameter. “In the round things have to be rearranged,” Thomas said. “You have to make every part of it interesting and representative of your park. That was very challenging.”
To begin, Thomas painted the ball black, and outlined the images in white, and – over a period of two weeks – worked out the final 360 degree piece in full color. “The image included Powhatan, John Rolfe (who married Pocahontas), Gowan Pamphlet – the first prominent black preacher in the Colonies - and George Washington, as well as the Godspeed and the famous compass rose.”
The Colonial National Historical Park ornament is part of this year’s White House tree theme, “Holiday in the National Parks,” where artists from around the country were selected by Park Superintendents to create ornaments for each of the 391 sites.
“Creating this ornament was wonderful and a tremendous honor,” said Thomas. “It made me value highly that our country has preserved these important places. And I became truly in awe of all the different places, people and perspectives of our country.”
In accordance with White House policy, The Colonial National Historical ornament is one of a kind, and duplication is prohibited. Reply to this
1/4/2008 1:03 PM
Catherine Hoyt wrote:
Hey there! I was given the Nancy Thomas Christmas Tree earrings and necklace for Christmas several years ago. I love when the Christmas season arrives so i can wear them! I was very distraught this year when I lost one of the earrings and I have not been able to find a replacement. Is there anyone out there that has one they would be willing to part with? Reply to this
1/29/2008 1:16 PMDenise wrote:
This Sherry Dooley show is going to be really cool at NT's gallery! I have been reading up on this incredible artist and can't wait to meet her. This is an older article, but it is still informative. http://www.nwdrizzle.com/drizzle/0312/pad.html I love the nun smoking! Thanks Nancy for bringing such great artists to the area. Denise Reply to this
1/29/2008 1:19 PM
Trista wrote:
I have seen Dooley's work before and it is cool. I can't make the show, but I hope I can get in there afterwards to view some pieces. Reply to this
1/29/2008 1:27 PM
Jean Swanson wrote:
went to site I saw something in the paper about it - can't remember what paper though Coverage of the arts in this area is less than adequate! Good Luck Sherry! Does H.Pryor have a site??? DOES ANYONE KNOW/////////??????? Reply to this
1/29/2008 1:35 PM
LL wrote:
Nancy, just bought the new musician series on your site love em, love em, love em Both of my brothers are musicians so they are near and dear to my heart. Thanks for your lovely work Reply to this
2/20/2008 1:52 PMLeslie wrote:
To all that are in the Walnut Creek, CA area: Great new shop Calypso Twist, is carrying Nancy's line.
Calypso Twist 1357 N. Main St Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Reply to this
2/24/2008 4:15 AM
bradone fisher wrote:
Hi--I had an idea about the placques you make--I already have the calendar series, and for xmas, I have an additional "many Santas." I also would love that kind of placque for other seasons, for instance, for valentine's, many valentines, easter,many rabbits, 4th of july, many flags, etc, etc. It would be an additional decorating idea for me to have more Nancy Thomas. So, that is my suggestion, but whether or not it is acted upon, thank you for your wonderful work. I sure do like all my Nancy Thomas pieces. Thanks, Bradone Reply to this
4/12/2008 7:09 AM
Virginia wrote:
I'd like to know if anyone could tell me if Nancy is a spiritual or religious person? Does she go to church or have a certain denominational affiliation? Her art is so deep in meaning that she must have a connection with a higher power. Reply to this
5/8/2008 6:27 AM
Debi wrote:
I just love Nancy's work. As a native Virginian and now lucky enough to live in Williamsburg, I am inspired by her talent and just love shopping in both of her shops. Each is unique and I find I have to go around 2-3 times to really be sure I see everything. Thanks Nancy for such brillant work. Reply to this
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We are remodeling our home and are designing our bedroom around our Nancy Thomas prints. Specifically, the Four Seasons prints with Trees will be the focal point of the room. Here's my dilemma - what color should we paint the walls to be complement the prints?