Nancy Reyner gives frequent demonstrations and lectures as well as workshops, and is the author of two painting books with publisher North Light Books: "Acrylic Revolution" and "Acrylic Innovation" as well as a DVD, "Acrylic Revolution: Watercolor & Oil Effects with Acrylic Paint," demonstrating several painting techniques from the books. She has appeared on television for HGTV's "That's Clever". She now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Nancy has been teaching art for over 30 years - and still loves it! She has taught nationally to students of all levels, shapes and sizes. From Columbia University to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum to Santa Fe Art Institute she has taught a broad range of art processes: drawing, painting, mixed media, creativity, puppetry & performance, and more. Her goal is to give each student the next best step – whatever that requires – on the way to finding the medium, style and approach that best enables them to “speak” through their work. Nancy feels that art is not a mysterious process, and enjoys breaking down advanced concepts and techniques to easy bite-size pieces. Nancy’s workshops are unintimidating, energized, informative, personal and charged with up to date art news, art ideas and new processes.
Workshops are designed in a specific order, alternating demonstrations with hands on projects, and accomplishing the following goals: to maintain a beneficial rhythm and pace, to have fun, to experience a wide variety of painting methodologies, to explore how ideas can be generated through a playful collaboration with the materials, to allow maximum flow of the individual creative experience (a more complex way of saying “having fun”).
Here are some of her more popular workshops.
The Painting Experience
Richly Acrylic: Translucent Layering & Seductive Surfaces
Digital Media for Acrylic Painters
Mastering Acrylic
Encaustic Effects with Acrylic
Acrylic as Oil, Encaustic & Watercolor
Painting with Color, Space & Acrylic
Mixed Media Collage with Acrylics
Cutting Loose: Fun Painting Techniques to Loosen Up Your Style
Streamlining Color
Acrylic Painting: Luminosity & Layers
Acrylic Essentials
Cutting Edge Acrylic Gels & Mediums
Acrylic: The New Watermedia
Glazing Techniques with Acrylic
New Special Effects with Acrylic
New Slow Drying Acrylics
Acrylic & the Magic of Transparency
Experiments in Acrylic Painting
Basic Drawing
Advanced Life Drawing
Mask Making
Nancy is a painter of more than 30 years experience who exhibits, lectures and teaches locally and nationally. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Nancy received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Columbia University.
Her varied experiences add technical expertise and originality to her work. She lived in New York City in the 80’s, holding various jobs and positions such as creating costumes and sets for Broadway and off-Broadway theater and film (including a Madonna film), coordinating public arts programs for the state of New York, and directing and performing with the Ragabash Puppet Theater. Nancy was selected for a two year painting and drawing residency for the Phoenix Center in Arizona. There she exhibited, curated, taught and produced new work. Her expertise has led to a position as technical consultant for the acrylic paint company Golden Artist Colors, Inc. This association allows her the opportunity to use the latest in acrylic paint technology creating original and unique effects in her paintings.
