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"Cape Lookout Lighthouse 150 years Anniversary"
"You Are My Sunshine" Collection of the Artist
"Surrounded by the Lights"
"Market Madonna," by Nancy Toothman, pyro-engraved and painted gourd as pictured in "The Complete Book of Gourd Craft," Lark Books, 1996![Market Madonna [gourd]](ArtImages/NancyToothman-MarketMadonna150.jpg)
Local graphic artist and web designer, Nancy Toothman, is from OFF [not a Carteret native], but her Grandaddy’s grandfather was Davis Toothman, an officer in the Confederate Army. Nancy is an Air Force brat and originally moved here from Los Angeles [Venice Beach]. Carteret County is a great place to live and create!.
"Roots Hold Me Close, Wings Set me Free"
Private Collection
Nancy is a past Best of Show winner at Art From the Heart and a double First winner at a recent NC Seafood Festival photography show. She was awarded “Distinguished Women in the Arts” by the Carteret County Council for Women in 2009.
Nancy frequently does custom collages with the client's personal content. See example below and also "You are My Sunshine" at left.:
"Julie's Dream"
Private Collection
Nancy holds a graduate degree in African History and Art History from UCLA. Her field work was done along West Africa’s Central Guinea coast with a secondary concentration in the Diaspora, particularly the Caribbean. Much of her art, which leans toward the decorative and narrative, reflects and references these influences. Nancy enjoys designing recycled and repurposed jewelry as well. In the last few years, she has been working primarily in mixed media with digitally imaged components, but is currently moving back toward incorporating more drawings, more original acrylic and oil work.
Nancy Toothman
Conk Point Graphix
January 2011 in CASG Main Gallery
Above: A good way to approach life. Mixed Media.
Below: "My Cage is So Small and Purdue is Soooo Big" 2010. This was one of the works resulting from a really enjoyable acrylic workshop with Kathleen Dentinger. I heartily recommend her workshops. Kathleen introduced me to new techniques---and it was fun as well. Alot of the detail is lost in this little jpg, most of the depth and texure!
