Nancy Davidson

Nancy Davidson was born and raised in Santa Barbara, a paradise for any landscape artist.

After studying at Santa Barbara City College, UCSB, and the famed Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Nancy has concentrated on depicting the beautiful local beaches of her hometown.

Nancy comments, "Some people say there is a strong sense of calm in my beach paintings. Although it's not necessarily what I set out to capture, I think it happens as a byproduct of the art-making process, which requires complete concentration. It is almost meditative and reflects how I feel when I am there."

While her subject matter is traditional, her strong sense of design and color adds a modern vitality.

Three of her paintings are part of the Ritz-Carlton Bacara art collection and are on view in the main lobby. Nancy's paintings are part of the permanent collection of Cottage Hospital Goleta.

Awards

The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition, Finalist, 2014
Santa Barbara Art Walk, Museum Director's Award, 2013
Santa Barbara Art Walk, First Place Oil Painting, 2012
San Dimas Festival of Arts, First Place Painting, 2012
Wildling Art Museum, "Where Humans and Nature Intersect," First Place, 2012
Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort, "Visions of the Gaviota Coast," First Place and Bacara Choice Awards, 2012

Selected Exhibits

Artists of Distinction, Art Walk, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Traveling the West, Southwest Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona
Peppertree Art Show Invitational, Santa Ynez, California
Women Artists of the West, Tucson Art Museum
Image of the Horse, Redding Museum and Art Center
California Expressions, Martin Isaacson Gallery, Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles
Dialogues, Art Museum Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery
Atkinson Invitational, Santa Barbara City College
"Of Man and Nature, Time and Space," Solo Show at Outer Space Gallery, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Carnegie Art Museum, California