Bush, Nancy

Nancy Bush

Nancy Bush is a native Texan who resides in Fredericksburg, Texas.

“Landscape is my love and is always a challenge, spiritually and emotionally. The variety and vastness of it can sometimes be overwhelming. Simplification is the answer. The last light of the day or daybreak interests me more than any other time of the day. I also love gray cloudy days. Trying to capture the spirit and emotion of what is happening before my eyes is the greatest challenge.”

Her greatest influence has come from nineteenth- and twentieth-century painters George Inness, Isaac Levitan, Bruce Crane, and Russell Chatham, among others.

Bush’s work is in numerous private and corporate collections and has been exhibited at various museums and art clubs, including the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio; Bryan Museum, Galveston, Texas; National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City; the prestigious Salmagundi Club, New York; and others through the American Impressionist Society and the American Tonalist Society, of which she is a master signature member.

“My subject matter comes from all over the country. I strive for my paintings to have a universal appeal, not just represent a particular region. Nothing can imitate nature, but I hope my paintings will convey a single quiet moment of the landscape in its raw beauty.”