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NANCY PINNEY
Lives and works in old Lyme connecticut, Usa
 www.pinneygallery.com
artist contact eLeCTrIC red, 2001 oiL on BoarD 6x9 in. /15x22 cm.
 nancypinney@earthlink.net
sUndOWn, COnneCTICUT rIVer, 2007 oiL on BoarD 12x18 in. /30x45 cm.
Nancy Pinney belongs to a select
group of artists presently working in
the representational tradition inheri-
ted from the original members of the
Old Lyme Art Colony. Educated at the
Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, an
institution that functions in the same
spirit as Frank Vincent DuMond’s
famous summer art academy of
nearly a century ago, Pinney’s lush
and vibrant landscapes radiate a
sense of authenticity.

In Lyme and Old Lyme today, there are
numerous part-time artists who paint
simply for the pleasure of doing so.
Pinney is a worker. She is industrious
and dedicated. She believes in the
message of landscape, in its quietude,
and though the area has been satura-
ted in paint for over a hundred years,
Pinney finds value in rekindling what
Ranger, Hassam, and Metcalf labored
so hard to communicate. And she
isn’t just bound to American shores.
Pinney has built an international
reputation through an exploration in
oil of her Irish heritage. Her scenes of
Ireland’s littoral and countryside pos-
sess the same power as her domestic
landscapes. It’s easy to recognize the
real thing when you see it.

Profile of Nancy Pinney by Joseph
Newman, The Cooley Gallery TRENDS