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Nan Sidler

A landscape of a waters edge; a white canoe sits on the shore in the foreground with the soft pink, yellow sky reflecting far across the calm water to treed outcroppings and horizon line.

Evening On The Rocks, 2022, watercolour on paper

 

About the Artist:

Nan Sidler is a Peterborough-based artist. She has explored a variety of mediums over the past several years, but watercolour and graphite continue to be her favourites. They allow for both intricate detail, and loose impressionistic effects. The inherent fluidity and transparency of watercolour make it an ideal medium to paint the reflective qualities of water and atmospheric effects that are found in her work.

A strong environmentalist, Nan’s passion for hiking, canoeing, and camping are exhibited in her landscapes, but she also seeks to capture the grace of children, animals, and nature with finely rendered portraits or still life images. Canoes are often featured in her paintings since they are her ideal vehicles of entry into the natural world. Her plein air sketches and photography become references for detailed work done later in the studio. She combines techniques of wet into wet, glazing, sponging and dry brush to create images of contemporary realism.

Nan views her art as a dialogue between the artist and viewer. Her goal is to make an emotional connection with her audience to offer new ways of seeing. Nan has exhibited at art shows in the Kawarthas, as well as in Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections across Canada and in the U.S., and has been featured in both local and national publications.

 

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Studio image interior of the artist studio with work area displayed.

Studio: interior of Nan Sidler’s studio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studio Location: Tour Stop 15

 

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Exhibitions

Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour

Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022 textile, painted cotton & batiks

It’s All About ART Online Auction Preview

Jenny Kastner, Haze, acrylic on canvas

Miguel Hernandez Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition

Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections

Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022

It’s All About ART Online Auction Preview

Bronson Smith - All about Art Online Auction 2021

Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey

Looking Up, 2017

Rowena Dykins, Lynn River, 2012

Leanne Baird, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2016

31st Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections

Jenny Kastner, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2015

Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections

John Climenhage, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2014

Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections

Sep 19, 2014 to Oct 19, 2014

Lucy Manley, Manley - 28th Annual KAST exhibition

Regular Hours: The Art Gallery of Peterborough is OPEN Wednesday to Sunday from 11 am - 5 pm

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