Nan Sidler
![A landscape scene; a canoe and paddle are set up on a rocky shoreline on a calm lake. There is a forest, mainly of pine trees in the distance, which is reflected in the water.](https://agp.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/KAST-2024-Nan-Sidler-Blue-Moon-Morning-1024x649.jpg)
Nan Sidler
Title: Blue Moon Morning
Date: 2023
Medium: watercolour
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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Exhibitions
Paul Nabuurs, Kawartha Highlands Reflected, 2023, acrylic on canvas
40th Anniversary: KAST Selections Exhibition
Jul 6, 2024 to Sep 29, 2024
Indwelling, 2022, mixed media, 36" x 36" (from the 2022 exhibition: Between the Lines)
It’s All About ART: Preview Exhibition
Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 22, 2023
Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022, hand worked textile
Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jul 8, 2023 to Oct 1, 2023
Miguel Hernández Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022
Bronson Smith - All about Art Online Auction 2021
It’s All About ART Online Auction Preview
Oct 21, 2021 to Nov 21, 2021
Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey
Selections: 37th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Jul 22, 2021 to Oct 3, 2021
Leanne Baird, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2016
32nd Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour – Selections
Sep 17, 2016 to Oct 30, 2016
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2015
31st Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Sep 12, 2015 to Nov 1, 2015
John Climenhage, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2014
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Sep 19, 2014 to Oct 19, 2014