Nancy Friese American, b. 1948
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Nancy FrieseBefore Evening, 2021oil over acrylic on canvas30 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseEndless Day, 2021oil on canvas36 x 48 inches
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Nancy FrieseEvening Lull, 2021oil on canvas36 x 48 inches
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Nancy FrieseTrees of Summer Light, 2021acrylic and ink30 x 40 inches
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Nancy FrieseBy The Coulee, 2020acrylic, pen and ink on paper24 x 48 inches
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Nancy FrieseLong Summer Light, 2020oil on canvas50 x 100 inches
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Nancy FrieseNorth Grove, 2020acrylic, pen and ink on paper22 x 44 inches
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Nancy FrieseFall Realm, 2017watercolor drawing22 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseRim of Sunlight and Trees, 2016-17oil on canvas50 x 100 inches
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Nancy FrieseStill Grove, 2016soft ground etching with aquatint, drypoint and roulette on Hahnemuhle paper24 x 48 inches (image); 30 x 54 inches (paper)edition of 20
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Nancy FrieseAugust Trees, 2015watercolor40 x 119 inches
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Nancy FrieseLake Light, 2015watercolor40 x 119 inches
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Nancy FrieseUnder Fall Leaves, 2015watercolor24 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseAlong the Stream, 2014-17oil on canvas30 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseMountain Path, 2014-17oil on linen30 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseNolima and Catclaw, 2013watercolor41 x 41 inches
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Nancy FrieseSummer Noon, 2013oil on linen30 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseThree Trees, 2013watercolor41 x 41 inches
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Nancy FrieseWild Vine, 2013watercolor41 x 41 inches
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Nancy FrieseEarly Moonrise, 2012watercolor41 x 41 inches
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Nancy FrieseNovember Riverbanks, 2012watercolor91 x 59.5 inches
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Nancy FrieseSeptember on the Lieutenant River, 2012watercolor mounted on linen85 x 60 inches
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Nancy FrieseUnder the Leaves, 2012watercolor22 x 30 inches
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Nancy FrieseLieutenant River Shore, 2010watercolor mounted on linen40 x 60 inches
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Nancy FrieseTumbling Time Portfolio, 20105 etchings and 5 poems with colophon and title page in linen enclosure15 x 15 inches eachedition of 15
Working consistently as a plein-air artist for the past thirty years, Nancy Friese's work captures the natural spontaneity and intertwining of clusters of trees and foliage beneath lively skies. Friese's work departs from traditional plein-air painting with heightened color and animated brush strokes. Friese has been invited to paint at many distinguished arboretums and national land trust such Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, Long Island; Giverny, Gasny, France; Westerly Land Trust, Rhode Island, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota to name a few. The current exhibition will feature large scale watercolor paintings inspired by the landscapes of Colorado, Connecticut, North Dakota and Rhode Island.
Each watercolor is a layered depiction of a landscape that Friese visits several times, with the large sheets of lanagravure paper, over the course of its completion. These visits are reflected in the subtle light and shadows of each work that capture a bright spot of summer sun and inky covering of a coming storm. The paintings sometimes feature a tumultuous sky filled with clouds in shades of royal blue, purples and grays that compliment the vibrant greens, yellow, and pinks of the landscape reminding the viewer of the power of nature juxtaposed with the beauty of the land. Friese's mastery of color and brush create paintings filled with texture, depth, and flashes of movement.
Nancy Friese received her BS from the University of North Dakota, and her MFA from Yale University. She also studied in the Graduate Program at the University of California Berkeley where she was a student of painter Elmer Bischoff. In 2011, Nancy Friese was elected as an Academician to the The National Academy in New York. Friese's work is held in numerous public and private collections including the Boston Public Library, MA; the New York Public Library, NY; North Dakota Museum of Art, ND; the RISD Museum, RI; and the Yale University Art Gallery, CT.
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Paradise
Group Exhibition January 30 - March 31, 2021The entire world, as of late, feels like a state of suspended animation due to the pandemic. The pause and warping of time is deeply felt and has affected every...Read more -
Contemporary Master Drawings
February 23 - April 28, 2018Cade Tompkins is pleased to follow her participation in Master Drawing New York 2018 with an exhibition of drawings by gallery artists in her Providence gallery. Contemporary Master Drawings features...Read more -
Nancy Friese: Arbor Views
April 28 - August 31, 2017Nancy Friese is a long-time practitioner of painting en plein air. Friese presents an immersive experience heightened by harmonic color, dense space and meandering passages. Many of the most recent...Read more -
Double Legacy: RISD Masters • RISD Alumni
January 19 - February 28, 2013Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to exhibit an extraordinary collection of work created by RISD Faculty and Alumni whose symbiotic relationships have informed their respective careers. The exhibit debuts a...Read more -
Printed in Providence
February 4 - April 2, 2011Printed in Providence is a group exhibition of printed works created in Providence. Artists in the exhibition include William Anastasi, Brian Chippendale, Ian Cozzens, Victoria Crayhon, Jo Dery, Nancy Friese,...Read more
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Master Drawings New York 2020
Nancy Friese at The Pierre Hotel January 25 - February 1, 2020Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to participate in Master Drawings New York (MDNY) 2020 at New York's legendary Pierre Hotel featuring selected works by en...Read more -
Master Drawings New York 2018
January 27 - February 3, 2018Cade Tompkins Projects will be exhibiting at Victoria Munroe Fine Art for Master Drawings New York 2018 : Saturday, January 27-Saturday, February 3, 2018. The...Read more -
Art in an Airstream
A satellite presentation at the 2016 International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair November 3 - 6, 2016NOVEMBER 3-6, 2016; Thurs-Sat, 12-8pm; Sun 12-5pm; Park Avenue and 67th Street, New York City Cade Tompkins Projects will exhibit works by represented artists with...Read more
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IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online Fall 2020
Cade Tompkins Projects Booth October 11, 2020We are pleased to share work by our gallery artists Allison Bianco, Donnamaria Bruton, Stella Ebner, Nancy Friese, Daniel Heyman, Orit Hofshi, Sophiya Khwaja, and...Read more -
The IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair 2020 in partnership with Artsy
on-line exclusive, Now through June 13, 2020 May 19, 2020You are invited to visit our booth at the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair 2020 Spring an on-line exclusive in partnership with Artsy May 13...Read more -
Review of Contemporary Master Drawings Exhibition at Cade Tompkins Projects
by Mary Bergstein for Big, Red & Shiny April 26, 2018We are happy to share the lovely review of Cade Tompkins' current gallery exhibition, Contemporary Master Drawings, by Mary Bergstein for Big Red & Shiny,...Read more -
Nancy Friese: Encircling Trees and Radiant Skies
North Dakota Museum of Art July 24, 2016July 19 - September 18, 2016 from NDMA: A sense of the local is central to Nancy Friese's work, which documents places and events that...Read more -
Cade Tompkins Projects, Newly Elected Member of IFPDA
International Fine Print Dealers Association December 4, 2015We are happy to announce that Cade Tompkins Projects is a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, an organization of expert art dealers...Read more
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Cade Tompkins Projects celebrates the opening of the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care
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Contemporary Master Drawings at Cade Tompkins Projects
Mary Bergstein, & Big Red and Shiny, April 24, 2018 -
The Lay of the Land
Julie Dugdale, New England Home, September 1, 2017 -
Dazzling North Dakotans with landscape and light
Enbridge, August 23, 2016 -
Still Grove
Art in Print, May 1, 2016 -
Go Big
Alexander Castro , Mercury, February 3, 2015 -
The Organization of Art A Review of ‘Animal/Vegetable/Mineral,’ at the Florence Griswold Museum
Martha Schwendner, The New York Times, August 9, 2013 -
Double Legacy at Cade Tompkins Projects
Suzanne Volmer, Artscope, January 1, 2013 -
Monumental Watercolor Paintings
Renee Doucette, Art New England, July 1, 2011 -
In the Galleries: “Monumental Watercolors” at Cade Tompkins Projects
Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, June 23, 2011 -
The Contemporary Landscape
Linda C. Hults, The College of Wooster Art Museum, October 18, 2002 -
Friese's Fluid Landscapes
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, May 31, 2001 -
Editions
Faye Hirsch, Art on Paper, July 1, 2000