Angela Nesbit
Angela Nesbit effortlessly captures light, movement, and texture. Recognized for her portraits of children in motion and her unique style, she uses a brush and palette knife to build energetic layers of paint on top of a heavily underpainted canvas. Angela’s subjects often walk a fine line between abstraction and reality. Settled amid thick layers of paint, her simple subjects wander softly in and out of the background.
Angela’s journey in the art world began when she met Andy Braitman in 2000. She has since logged countless and often exhausting hours into the pursuit of chasing luminosity and texture in her work. She loves to paint what she knows -- children, flowers and the coast – and is connected to her subject matter with a great deal of passion. This passion has an energy of its own and is evident in her paintings. She is just as passionate about the paint and surface of the object being painted as she is her process as a journey, creating layers of paint with brush and palette knife.
Studying the effect that light has on an object and capturing that light is a constant source of fascination. “I love to create chaos on the canvas and then bring the painting into focus, constantly trying to see how much more I can leave out, bridging the gap between impressionism and abstraction”, Angela says. “With each of my paintings, I work to be more abstract.”
Angela received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied classical drawing and painting at Queens University and Spirit Square Center for the Arts in Charlotte, N.C. She has studied intensively with Andy Braitman of Charlotte since 2000. She has also studied with many nationally recognized artists such as Cedric and Joanette Egeli, William Schultz, Jove Wang, Camille Przewodek, Peggi Kroll-Roberts and Ken Auster. Most recently Angela had the honor of painting with Cynthia Packard in Provincetown, MA. Angela is committed to further development and carefully selects artists she admires to study under each year.
Contact
Angela Nesbit Studio
Charlotte, North Carolina
704-560-1338
Email Angela
Galleries
- Huff Harrington / 404-257-0511
4240 Rickenbacker Dr, Atlanta, GA 30342 - Gallery Elite / 831-625-2233
San Carlos St., Carmel, CA 93923 - Studio E Gallery / 561-799-3333
4600 PGA Blvd. #101, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 - Tyler White Gallery / 336-279-1124
307 State Street, Greensboro, NC 24708 - Art Source / 919-833-0013
509 W. Whitaker Mill Rd, #105, Raleigh, NC 27608 - Gallery Vibe / 239-417-3450
851 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34108
Exhibitions
Two to See, Tyler White (2014)
Demo and Lecture, Tyler White (2014, 2011, 2008, 2007)
Children’s Theatre Gala, Featured Artist, Charlotte (2014)
A Grande Affair, Huff Harrington (2014, 2011, 2010)
The Fab Five, Shain Gallery (2013)
Two Artist Show, Art Source (2013)
Three Artist Show, Tyler White (2011)
Judge for Palette Knife Exhibit, Atlanta (2010)
Two Artist Show, Shain Gallery (2010)
Arts and Ale, Huff Harrington (2010)
New Works Show, Huff Harrington (2009, 2007, 2006)
The Softer Side, Huff Harrington (2009)
Solo Show, Tyler White (2009)
Featured Artist, Studio E Gallery (2008)
Two Women Show, Tyler White (2008)
Three Artist Show, Art Source (2008)
Snapshots Natl Invitational Exhibition, Wilmington (2008)
Four Artist Show, Shain Gallery (2008)
Three to See: 3 Women Show, Tyler White (2007)
Splash: Group Show, Huff Harrington (2007)
Smith Barney Show: Featured Artist, Tyler White (2007)
Featured Artist Demo, Huff Harrington (2006)
Group Show, Vision Gallery (2006)
Workshops
"Palette Knife and Still Life", Greensboro (2014, 2011, 2009)
Braitman Studio, Charlotte (2013)
"Breaking It Down": Still Life, Charlotte (2013, 2010)
"Still Life and Texture", Charlotte (2011)
"Breaking It Down II": Still Life, Charlotte (2010)
Still Life with Palette Knife, Atlanta (2010)
Painting Workshop, Greensboro (2008)
Palette Knife, Raleigh (2008)
Painting Workshop, Atlanta (2007)
"Painting the Figure with Brush and Palette Knife", Atlanta (2007)