Artist Bio:
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Wendy Ervin moved to Middle Tennessee in 2003 with her family and retired from a career as a maternal-infant Registered Nurse. She was then able to pursue her passion for oil painting and has studied with a variety of master artists: Roger Dale Brown, Colley Whisson, Anne Blair Brown, Frank Baggett, Kevin Macpherson, Marc Hanson, and Morgan Samuel Price.
Wendy uses a limited palette of bright clean colors in her landscape, figurative, and cityscape paintings to capture the simplicity and serenity of everyday moments. She enjoys both studio work, using photographic and sketched references from travels in Europe, Mexico, and the US, as well as plein air painting in beautiful Tennessee. She spends countless hours of personal study and practice, always wanting to grow as an artist.
Wendy is an associate member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, active in The Chestnut Group in Nashville and a new member of Plein Air Washington Artists. She participates regularly in art shows in the Middle Tennessee area and has had her work juried into national exhibits.
Affiliations:
Chestnut Group Nashville
Plein Air Washington Artists
Oil Painters of America...Associate Member
American Impressionist Society...Associate Member
Recent Exhibits:
Plein Air Washington Artists Little Gems (juried) 2022
Chestnut Group Painting to Preserve- 2021, 2022
Nashville Tree Conservation Corps- 2021-
Artsclamation! 2015-17, 2021 (juried)
Randy Higbee 6-Squared Show, 2017, 2019, 2929, 2921 (juried)
Friends of Radnor Lake Art Show. 2017, 2019, 2021
East Nashville Tomato Art Festival 2012-2021 (juried)
Hendersonville Library Solo Exhibit 2019, 2021
Parthenon & Centennial Park Exhibition and Sale 2019
Oil Painters of America Online Showcase 2019, 2020, 2021
Centennial Club Art Exhibit 2019
Warner Park Art Show, 2018
Gallery North Small Works Show, 2018 (juried)
Martin Masters Fine Arts Show (juried) 2017
Chestnuts @ The Hermitage 2017
Lipscomb Art Show (juried) 2017
Brentwood Academy Art Show (juried) 2016
Small Treasures Art Exhibit 2014-2017
Monthaven Autumn Exhibitt 2011-2016 (Award winner-2015!)
Plein Air Washington Artists Little Gems (juried) 2022
Chestnut Group Painting to Preserve- 2021, 2022
Nashville Tree Conservation Corps- 2021-
Artsclamation! 2015-17, 2021 (juried)
Randy Higbee 6-Squared Show, 2017, 2019, 2929, 2921 (juried)
Friends of Radnor Lake Art Show. 2017, 2019, 2021
East Nashville Tomato Art Festival 2012-2021 (juried)
Hendersonville Library Solo Exhibit 2019, 2021
Parthenon & Centennial Park Exhibition and Sale 2019
Oil Painters of America Online Showcase 2019, 2020, 2021
Centennial Club Art Exhibit 2019
Warner Park Art Show, 2018
Gallery North Small Works Show, 2018 (juried)
Martin Masters Fine Arts Show (juried) 2017
Chestnuts @ The Hermitage 2017
Lipscomb Art Show (juried) 2017
Brentwood Academy Art Show (juried) 2016
Small Treasures Art Exhibit 2014-2017
Monthaven Autumn Exhibitt 2011-2016 (Award winner-2015!)
Artist Statement:
Painting has provided a path to express what really matters to me. The way I see it, life has the sweetest meaning in simplicity, stillness, and those unexpected experiences of serendipity: a field of tulips, waves hitting rocks, light on autumn leaves. My art focuses on being awake to the whimsey and wonder in nature, in people, in the precious moments of living.
Each painting takes me on a journey into the intimacy of the form and content of shapes, the gesture of movement, and the mood of the subject. My primary objective in every painting is to capture a unique moment in time and interpret it with the contrasts of light & dark values, warm & cool color temperatures, hard & soft edges and I feel delight when a painting hits the mark.
This quote from C.S. Lewis expresses the inner longing for a meaningful life that we all seem to have:
"We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it." C. S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory" "
Each painting takes me on a journey into the intimacy of the form and content of shapes, the gesture of movement, and the mood of the subject. My primary objective in every painting is to capture a unique moment in time and interpret it with the contrasts of light & dark values, warm & cool color temperatures, hard & soft edges and I feel delight when a painting hits the mark.
This quote from C.S. Lewis expresses the inner longing for a meaningful life that we all seem to have:
"We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it." C. S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory" "