Catherine Nash: Visual Artist: sculptural assemblage

A virtual visit!

Catherine Nash, M.F.A., An Inner Astronomy: Solo Exhibition

in the Master Gallery in the Tubac Center of the Arts, 9th Apr - 23rd May, 2021.

Mixed media paintings on paper, sculptural assemblage and installation.

Talk with the Artist Zoom: Catherine Nash & Robert Renfrow, 1st May, 10:30am PST. Please contact <exhibitions@tubacarts.org> for zoom link.

Tubac Center of the Arts, #9 Plaza Rd, Tubac, AZ 85646 Gallery open Mon-Sat 10AM-4:30PM; Sun. 12-4:30PM.

north wall

Twilight through the Window (with detail)
mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper.
54.5 x 27.25 in. (138.5 x 69 cm.)

$2100 retail.

Portal (with detail)
mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper.
47.5 x 36 in. (121 x 91.5 cm.)

$2900 retail.

Mountain on Fire with Meteors (with detail)
mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper.
54.5 x 27.25 in. (138.5 x 69 cm.)

$2100 retail.

Sky Nest (with detail)
Cast gampi & abaca paper fibers into a lashed armature of

creosote branches, encased in encaustic, oil stick.

26”h X 40”w X 10”d (66 x 101.5 x 25.5 cm.)

Sky Trap (with detail)
found woodworked pine and walnut wood, encaustic, oil

stick, lashed willow branches.

7”h X 13”w X 13”d (17.75 x 33 x 33 cm.)

$995 retail.

west wall

In Memory of Communion

Pencil, handmade paper, encaustic, gold leaf, weathered shingle,

antique plumb, found objects.

21"h x 10"w x 3.75”d (53 x 25.5 x 9.5 cm.)

$1500 retail.

Euphonic Horizon

mixed media painting on handmade spanish flax paper

24.5 x 18.25 in. (62.25 x 46.5 cm.)

$1100 retail.

Submerge

mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper

25.5 x 21 in. (65 x 53.5 cm.)

in private collection.

Star Murmurs

mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper

23 x 17.5 in. (58.5 x 44.5 cm.)

$1100 retail.

Celestial Day (with detail)

mixed media painting on handmade kozo paper

80 x 16 in. (203 x 40.6 cm.)

$1750 retail.

An Inner Astronomy, installation - video

An Inner Astronomy: Artist Statement

I can spend hours staring into the sky, mesmerized by the expansiveness of the sky, pondering on our place in the universe. The vastness of space holds an ultimate touchstone for me: the sky is a window to the infinite. Through time, humankind has sought to explain and fathom the mystery of our being: in these bodies, on this planet, in this galaxy through mathematics and science and religion. My studies in archeo-astronomy - the exploration of how varied cultures have explained the mysteries of the stars and sky through mapping, symbols and myth - as well as my own dreaming and explorations have informed “An Inner Astronomy”.

I hope you can make it to the actual exhibition!! But please enjoy this virtual tour~

- Catherine Nash

<https://www.catherinenash.com>

Concurrently, artist Robert Renfrow has a solo exhibition

entitled "Dwellers of the Thin Places"

in the gallery of the Tubac Center of the Arts...same dates, same time!

Robert Renfrow, Goddess of Reincarnation.
photograph

Please view more of his moving work at <https://robertrenfrow.com>

Fire.
Intense Heat.

High Winds.

Smoke.

Oxygen.

Breath.

Transformation.

Standing tall.

Speaking truth.

Listening.

Hearing.

Accountability.

Understanding.

Empathy.

Compassion.

Transformation.

Breathe.

Love.

One.

And so it is...

©C.Nash

©Catherine Nash
Smoke, 2020
encaustic painting in a vintage
box with original smoked sides,
wax dipped leaves, found wood.
7”w x 20”h x 4”d
$975
available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

©Catherine Nash
Waning, 2020
encaustic and mica
in a vintage drill bit box
11.25”w x 4”h x 2”d
(private collection)

I've offered a rare, intimate tour of my studio as I was working:

“Mesdames of Wax: Emma Ashby and Catherine Nash"
Bowersock Fine Art Gallery
373 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass.

This two person show runs June 19 through July 2nd, 2020.

[My art will be available all season within the gallery.]

Steve Bowersock presents my new work within the gallery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LzzUuQ_LPI&feature=youtu.be

The Bowersock Gallery has posted

Part 1 of a 2 part interview with me:

...and Part 2 of 2 interview:

I have been so grateful to have had the carrot of a deadline to work towards - it focused my creativity within this time of uncertainty, which has certainly affected my work, however subtly. The two assemblage pieces at the beginning of this post came after the Black Lives Matter protests/movement began...and the "poem" I wrote (after the works were completed) when the devastating fires in the Catalina Mountains began on June 5th from a lightning strike...and which continues to burn today. Predictions are that they will until our monsoon rains come, perhaps in another 10-14 days.. Such a visceral metaphor for all that is happening socially and politically...

The sky and all it's mysteries continue to inspire me~

©Catherine Nash

Promise of Another Day, 2020

Encaustic painting

12”w x 18”h x 1”d

$1250 retail

available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

©Catherine Nash

As Above, So Below, 2020

Encaustic painting

12”w x 18”h x 1”d

$1250 retail

available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

I've been reading books about Alexander Von Humboldt. He carried a cyanometer with him as he scaled the highest peaks of the Andes in 1801-03. At the time, the shift in value of blue was still mysterious to scientists...

I release the science behind it and inhabit the mystery.

Catherine Nash

Altitude, 2020

Encaustic painting

12.75”w x 12.75”h x 2.5”d

$1350 retail

available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

©C. Nash
Altitude, 2020
side view

©Catherine Nash
Breathing Under Water, 2020
Encaustic painting
12”w x 18”h x 1”d
(private collection)

Clarity. Attention. Pay attention.

Breathing under water
…the silence of the depths.

Tumultuous life above the surface
…but here I am.

Under. Within. Without.

Edges soften. Skin dissolves.

There is no ‘me'. Attentive. Listen. Breathe.

©C. Nash

"Breathing Under Water" was started a month ago in reaction to a soundscape recording by two talented Tucson friends of mine, Will Clipman and RC Nakai...specifically Tank Journey #3. (You can listen to their mesmerizing music at https://tanksounds.org/r-carlos-nakai-and-will-clipman/ Consider listening to that track while looking at my painting.)

The painting emanated from my poetic response. For me, the image truly expresses not a hiding place from tumult, but a shelter that is protective and safe: the place of peace and quietude that I inhabit within which embodies both light and darkness.

We are fortunate and blessed to be breathing, both physically and spiritually. It is essential for us to breathe and live peace, especially now, holding ground in love.

©Catherine Nash

Morning Star, 2020

Assemblage in a vintage drawers,

24K gold leaf, encaustic painting,

mica, handmade paper,

natural elements.

5”w x 15.5”h x 4”d

(private collection)

©Catherine Nash

Morning Star, 2020

Assemblage side view

©Catherine Nash

Tidal, 2020

assemblage with high shrinkage abaca paper,

shell, vintage carved wood, branch, in a

1880s sewing machine drawer.

6.25”w x 16”h x 5.25”d

$695 retail

available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

Tidal, 2020

assemblage side view

These other works were also recently completed within the last 12 months. Still enamored with the depth of space, these intimate landscapes are secured in burned vintage jewelry boxes. My distress at our disregard for the environment in the name of progress triggered these works.

Gaia, our planetary jewel that hosts life, is polluted and burned without regard to future generations. Henry David Thoreau, in his distress at "progress" in the 1840s, exclaimed that "at least the sky is safe!"

Of course we know that isn't true, but looking to the sky reminds me how fragile life is~

Encaustic painting in a burned vintage jewelry box,

found brass elements and wood.

13” W x 6.5”H x 2” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned vintage jewel box,

found pocket mirror, wood, 24K gold leaf.

5.5” W x 6.25”H x 1.75” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned vintage jewel box,

rusted ring, found wood.

5” W x 9.75”H x 1.5” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned vintage jewel box,

found pocket mirror, wood, 24K gold leaf.

7.75” W x 6.5”H x 1.5” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned vintage jewel box,

old wooden screw press.

7.5” W x 6”H x 2.25” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned

vintage jewel box, rusted ring,

antique optical glass, pearl.

3.5” W x 3”H x 3.25” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned

vintage jewel box,

found rusted watch.

4.5” W x 3.5”H x 2.5” D

(private collection)

encaustic painting in a burned

vintage jewel box,

old T square.

7.5” W x 6"H x 2.25” D

$450 retail

available through the Bowersock Gallery 508-487-4994
info@bowersockgallery.com

encaustic painting in a burned

vintage jewel box,

reclaimed wood, vintage brass acorn, mica.

4.5” W x 3.5"H x 1” D

(private collection)

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