Las Vegas artist and musician, Nancy Good, shares her large scale, immersive mural paintings throughout the first floor galleries.  This series is full of color, movement, and Nancy's unique method of incorporating her many talents, vision, and translation of vibrations into visual art.  

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"Of particular importance is the interactive nature of the work. As an artist, I am cognizant of humanity's tendency toward pursuing instant gratification, which ultimately means we miss much of what is important in the world around us. I also understand intimately the challenges of creating an interactive experience with 2-dimensional paintings. Because this series directly relates to the universal “search for meaning,” I have found a way to hide things within the paintings that can only be seen when the viewer changes position. This physical change of position (to see elements that may be in plain sight but still unseen until viewed in a “new light”) alludes to how we, in day-to-day life, may be unable to accept or even see what is right before our eyes until we change the “light,” i.e. our attitudes, beliefs, opinions, etc."

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Opens:  April 9, 2023

Original Exhibition Closes:  August 13, 2023

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Reception:  May 14, 2023, 1-4pm

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

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As a full-time artist, I understand the compelling urge to use our creations as a means to express ourselves. The underlying theme of my work, whether it's “analog” (paintings) or digital (photography), is visually translating the universality of our human experience; to share what we have in common with each other, regardless of our seemingly different life paths. Recognizing that this has been a source of inspiration for countless artists through time, my task is to use familiar materials and elements in fresh and unique manners. Believing that originality is a moving target, my studio practice devotes itself to fearless experimentation in form, color and application. Incorporating hidden symbols, shapes and typography, along with more overt allusions to the “journeys” we take in search of meaning, I have developed original techniques that invite interactive engagement with the viewer and even compel physical movement, i.e. a shift in position in order to see “invisible” elements within the mural-sized (usually 10' x 5' or larger), two-dimensional paintings.

Influenced by: visits to Australia, Africa, Vietnam; childhood residency in Japan; adult life as an artist, photographer, musician, fly-fishing river guide, backpacker, writer, and teacher in Montana, Nevada, California, Tennessee and Illinois; and my diverse DNA revealing connections with people the world over, I seek not only to give voice to contemporary expression but, even further, to meld our ancient ancestries with modern culture and knowledge. I am fascinated that the language of visual art has been expressing our humanity for as long as we were able to pick up a rock and scratch a story into stone or dirt.

Additionally, as a lifelong musician and vocalist, I have a keen awareness of the vibratory nature of life. From soundwaves to the movement of the smallest measurable fragments of nature's building blocks, there is vibration. Working with a sensory condition known as associative synesthesia, I am compelled to represent these vibrations via my color choices and gestural movements (small and large) on canvas; often utilizing hues that bounce against each other or even create an illusion of 3-dimensional form as they weave in and out of both visible and hidden layers. The intentional representation of vibrations created by these elements then communicates a musical aspect that is not only “felt” but also seen.