Nancy Slaght

Victoria, B.C.

Chalk Pastel

	Blast 12"x16" pastel $1250

Biography

• Born in Calgary, Alberta
• Studied abroad in England, Italy, and Switzerland as well as living and teaching in Japan.
• Having tried a number of different careers: sales management, fitness program management and instruction and teaching, I enrolled at the Victoria College of Art in Victoria, B.C. I graduated after four years as an Associate of the College with a Diploma in drawing, painting, design and Art History.
• Victoria has been my home for the last 19 years and I live and work in my studio by the sea.
• Exhibiting artist with: Winchester Galleries; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Linda Lando Fine Arts; and The Avens Gallery.
• Paintings are held in private collections throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and Japan.
• I have taught at the University of Victoria, Pacific College of Design and Technology, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. I am a guest artists to Pearson College of the Pacific. I am currently instructing at the Victoria College of Art, Artworld Studio, and privately in workshops throughout Victoria, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Alberta.
• Featured as the Canadian Pastel artist in Pastel International Magazine, Nov/Dec 1999, and recipient of an international award in the Nov/Dec 2000 issue.
• I am one of 16 artists featured in the International Artist publication 'Design and Composition: Secrets of Professional Artists', released in the spring of 2001. I am also acknowledged in the International Artist Magazine, Feb/March 2004.

Artist Statement

I am influenced by some masters of 'still life' from the French, Dutch, and Spanish traditions. I like the immediacy, sensuality, and intensity of colour - using the medium of chalk pastel with my hands as brushes. I want the ordinary to become extraordinary and I take great delight in referring to everyday items as I arrange my compositions and execute the drawings and paintings.