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| Nancy Fortunato |
 | Biography: She writes: <i>My watercolors are an attempt to create and express a visual concept in as direct a method as possible. I am after an abbreviated statement about a recalled optical sensation. While I try to make it as easily perceived as possible, room must be left for the veiwer's own imagination. My concern is in establishing the mood, character and basic structure of the subject in its simplest form. Simple expression as well as emotion.</i>
The painting <i>Cloak of Red</i>is typical of clothing worn by the Maasi of Kenya. Their cloaks of red, their strangely effeminate faces, clutching their sticks negligently as they stride across the savannah on tribal or cattle business. The Maasai country stretches a long way. It follows the Rift Valley southward through Kenya and spills out onto the plains of Tanzania.
Country: USA Birthyear: 1941 Awards: Nancy Fortunato has won over 78+ awards for her paintings and is an elected signature member of over 24 National Art Associations. She is listed in Who's Who of American Art; Who's Who of American Women; Who's Who in the Midwest; and Who's Who in the World. The artist has been nominated for the 1999 and the 2000 Presidential Medal of Arts. Nancy is currently serving as President of the International Society of Marine Painters and is President Emeritus of the Midwest Watercolor Society. Media: watercolor Style: realistic Subjects: landscapes and nature |
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