"Diver", 2022, oil and pastel on canvas, 40" x 30"
"Moments In Between" diptych, 2021 - 2022, oil and pastel on canvas, 24" x 60"
"The Moment I Awoke", oil and pastel on canvas, 48" x 36"
"Garden Gate", oil and pastel on canvas, 48" x 24"
"Save The Last Dance For Me", 2022, oil and pastel on canvas, 48" x 24"
"A Room Of Her Own", mixed media on canvas, 30" x 48"
"Please Forgive Me", 2022, oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
"Trying to Keep Up", 2022, oil and pastel on canvas, 18" x 24"
"Spring Forward, Again", 2021, oil and pastel on canvas
"Wind, Snow and Climate Change", 2021, oil and pastel on canvas,
"City Dwellers", 2021, pastel, 26" x 18"
"Couples Therapy 1", 2022, pastels on paper, 28" x 20"
"Couples Therapy 2", 2022, pastels on paper, 28" x 20"
"Dance in Blue", 2020, oil and pastel on canvas, 24" x 18"
"Hanging By A Thread", 2020, oil and pastel on canvas, 24" x 18"
"Wissahickon 1", 2020, oil and pastel on canvas, 30" x 40"
"Wissahickon 3", 2020, oil and pastel on canvas, 30" x 40"
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"Woman of Color", 2017, oil, pastel, charcoal on canvas
"Summer Fun", oil and pastel on canvas, 30" x 24"
"Two Figures", pastel, 24" x 18"
"Degas Dancer", 2017, oil, pastel, charcoal on canvas
"Lady Liberty Leaning", 2017, oil, pastel, charcoal on canvas
"The Cat Is Loose Again", 2014, oil and pastel on canvas, 24" x 30" x 2"
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"Wissahickon View 1", oil and pastel on canvas, 24" x 36"
"Wissahickon View 2", oil and pastel on canvas, 30" x 40"
"If Trees Could Dance", 2015, oil on canvas, 36" x 60"
"Landscape"
"Towards the Barn, 2014", oil and pastel on canvas, 29" x 25" x 2"
"Maple Syrup Runs Through", 2013, oil and charcoal on canvas, 28” x 26”
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Member Portfolio

Nancy E. F. Halbert

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

“Boredom is foreign to Halbert’s paintings-variation, not repetition, is her rule in dealing with the figure. Several of her finest subjects achieve an independent complexity in their rugged, hearty dignity.”
- Victoria Donohoe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/22/11 MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
I was a choreographer and modern dancer for most of my life. I made the transition to painting and teaching art after I stopped dancing. My dance experience plays a significant role in my approach to painting. There is a discord between energy and stillness to my subjects. I love to draw into paint focusing on how the colors relate while moving across the canvas. I use a variety of media to create a raw, but luminous finish reflecting a gestural, painterly, and contemporary style.
Traditionally, I begin as I would when choreographing a dance, one element moving into the next. A line begins, takes shape into mass, which will deepen with color, and then culminates into an expressionistic, impressionistic experience.
My paintings are an honest representation developed through a feminine looking glass. I look inward to paint my own personal and honest journey in my many roles of life. I am surrounded by strong personalities and I dream vivid dreams. My painting merges a sense of abstraction but based in a reality that leads me to paint motion to evoke emotion.
I have had an extensive career teaching art to students of all levels and ages.
My teaching is an integral part of my art making process. I never stop growing as an artist by listening to others while empowering students to create in their own personal style. I am available for workshops, lectures and private lessons in a variety of media and art topics.

Artist Biography

Nancy E. F. Halbert, a former dancer and choreographer, has a Masters in Art Education from the University of the Arts with a prior MFA in Dance from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. In 2013, she was a fellowship participant of Vermont Studio Center and was also juried in as a featured artist in Studio Visit Magazine www.studiovisitmagazine.com. Her paintings have won awards at The Philadelphia Sketch Club. Nancy served as the volunteer director for five years at the artist cooperative MUSE Gallery in Philadelphia Following MUSE Gallery, she was a member of 3rd Street Gallery and is currently exhibiting with Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Her contemporary figurative and landscape paintings have been juried to exhibit in such prominent shows as Winged Woman: The Art of Arlene Love and Contemporary Parallels, The Painted Bride Art Center, 2018;The Woodmere Art Museum's Contemporary Art Show, 2009, 2012, Philadelphia, PA; the Betsy Meyer Memorial Show at the Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA; The Hospital of University of Pennsylvania’s Celebration of Life Show in 2013 and 2015; James Oliver Gallery, Art/nude Philly, 2013, a benefit for the Abramson Cancer Center, and other shows in Pennsylvania, including Goggleworks in Reading PA. She recently has shown in Key West, Florida and her paintings are in collections in Australia and the United States, including New York Presbyterian Hospital and Jefferson Hospital.
Nancy has been a devoted and supportive art teacher in continuing education programs in the area for nearly twenty years. She has taught painting and drawing in pastels, watercolor, oils, acrylics and art history to adults and children of all levels. She is devoted to empowering others to create art in their own unique style while gaining the necessary skills to develop unified compositions. She also teaches lessons in her home studio in Philadelphia.

Education

2002
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MA, Teaching in the Visual Arts
1984
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Choreography and Dance Performance
1979
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
BFA, Dance and Arts Administration

Awards & Honors

2016
2nd Place Prize, The 2016 Annual Domenic DiStefano Memorial-Works on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Award in Best in Abstraction, Small Oil Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Featured Artist, Studio Visit Magazine, A Juried, National Publication
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1989
City of Philadelphia Citation Award as the Executive Director of the CEC Philadelphia, PA
1987
Choreography Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1985
Residency Grant Recipient, Interdisciplinary Performance, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
1980
Outstanding Student Achievement Award, Expanded Arts Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Bibliography

2013
Studio Visit Magazine, January 2013

Collection

Paintings and Drawings are in private collections in United States and Australia

Affiliation

Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Maureen’s Gallery, Exton, PA
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
FigurativeArtists.Org

Memberships
InLiquid
SaatchiArt.com
Philadelphia Sketch Club

Professional Experience

2009 - 2011
Volunteer Director, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - present
Instructor, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2005 - present
Instructor, Lower Merion Township Main Line School Night, Creutzberg Campus, Radnor, PA
2004 - 2007
Instructor, District of Haverford Township, Haverford Night School, Haverford, PA
2003 - 2005
Instructor, Continuing Education Department, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2002 - 2003
Art Teacher, Lynnewood Elementary School
Art Teacher, Haverford High School School District of Haverford Township, Havertown, PA
1995 - 2000
Decorative Painter, murals, furniture, faux finishes
1989 - 1992
Consultant - to non-profit arts organizations and artists in grant writing and program development in Philadelphia
1985 - 1989
Executive Director, Community Education Center (THE CEC), a non-profit educational and cultural arts center serving diverse populations and citywide independent visual and performing artists.
1979 - 1991
Choreographer, modern dancer and teacher


Other
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
POST, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

Solo
2012
endure., MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Lignet Roset, Philadelphia, PA
Merion Art and Repro, First Friday Main Line, Ardmore, PA
2011
vows, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
A Painted Diary, Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
e-motion, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Merion Art and Repro, First Friday Main Line, Ardmore, PA
Jewel of India, First Friday Main Line, Ardmore, PA

Two-person
2008
Blending Forms: paintings and pottery, Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

Groups
2013
Body of Work, The FAF, Woodbury, NJ
Juried Exhibition
4 Artists: Halbert, Burrus, O'Halloran, Zimmerman, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
A Celebration of Art and Life Exhibition, The Pearlman Center, Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Studio Center, Residency Program, Johnson, VT
2012
71st Contemporary Art Show, Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Alex Kanevsky
Professional Membership Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2011
34th Anniversary Show, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
SCORE!, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
PROCESS, Aktion Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Immaculata University Art Show, Berwyn, PA
Invitational
In Person, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Juried Exhibition
2010
33rd Anniversary Show, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2009
The Rhythmic Figure, ICO Gallery, New York, NY
32nd Anniversary Show, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
6th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juror: Julien Robson
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Contemporary Visions, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Sam Gillian
Members Exhibit Together, Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Members Show, Twenty-Two Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Six of One, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sherman Mills, Carano Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Carano Gallery, Sherman Mills, Philadelphia, PA
New Members Show, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Artsisters, Gyphon Cafe, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
IDENTITY, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Show, Main Line Art, Haverford, PA
Works On Paper, The Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Painting the Unclothed Figure, Fine Arts Gallery, Exton, PA
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
The Art League, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Artists Guild of Delaware County, Darlington Arts Center, PA
2005
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Member Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2004
Member Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2002
Juried Graduate Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions Juried
2011
Inner Essence, Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA
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