I paint with acrylics and watercolors. I draw bunnies and write poetry. In the summer I play with clay. Much of my work serves as a filter for my interactions with those who surround me. The rest are images that dance in my imagination before they emerge on paper, canvas or out of the kiln. My style and medium vary to suit what I have to express. Although my work has been represented in local shows, galleries and stores, I have never pursued consistently selling my art. I own my own kitchen business where I represent and sell my home-made products each week at farmers markets. This is what I do to pay the bills and put food on the table. Making art is what I do to be happy. For more on who, what, where, visit my flickr portfolio.Tumblr (3.0; @nancypolo)http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/816669330c488b4010a496dc7388b582/tumblr_mmwe6ulmmH1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacapretta/8743725233/" title="Hybrid Single-Stemmed">Hybrid Single-Stemmed</a> on Flickr.</p><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br/> Watercolor on paper, 2013.<br/><br/> single-hearted palm<br/> multiharvest determined<br/> fissure resistant<br/><br/> NEP, 2013.<br/><br/> delicious, desired, illegal<br/><a href="http://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/delicious-desired-illegal-hearts-of-palm/" rel="nofollow">modernfarmer.com/2013/04/delicious-desired-illegal-hearts…</a></p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/50581017067http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/50581017067Thu, 16 May 2013 11:40:06 -0400modern farmerissue onecosta ricahybrid heart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12adf4019b8de1a77de87dd7daa2db89/tumblr_mk7249KfwV1r44l79o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/50008389423http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/50008389423Thu, 09 May 2013 08:24:48 -0400<a href="http://cadmiumredfox.tumblr.com/post/49136374282/happiness-borderline">Fox Stuff: Happiness: Borderline</a>: <p><a href="http://cadmiumredfox.tumblr.com/post/49136374282/happiness-borderline" class="tumblr_blog">cadmiumredfox</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How do you feel when you run across powerful words said by heinous people in history? The opening words of Don DeLillo’s Libra are a quote from Lee H. Oswald -<br/><br/><strong>“Happiness is not based on oneself, it does not consist of a small home, of taking and getting. Happiness is taking part in the…</strong></p></blockquote>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930609099http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930609099Wed, 08 May 2013 08:57:32 -0400“Taste and smell can safecrack memory in the shadow of an instant, and in that pantry, nibbling dry cookies with the compulsive fervor of a penitent seeking the message of his past, I returned to a tight hot room in another town, the idle perfume of a summer.”<br/><br/> - <em><em>Americana</em>, Don DeLillo (via <a href="http://susecruise.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">susecruise</a>)</em>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930395972http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930395972Wed, 08 May 2013 08:51:55 -0400““When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has become a great burden to us. We either bear the burden or fail and go down with it, we struggle with it, win or lose. And Sabina - what had come over her? Nothing. She had left a man because she felt like leaving him. Had he persecuted her? Had he tried to take revenge on her? No. Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden, but the unbearable lightness of being.””<br/><br/> - <em>Milan Kundrea, <em>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</em>  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sukforhonesty.tumblr.com/">sukforhonesty</a>)</em>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930175242http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49930175242Wed, 08 May 2013 08:46:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9291c41d8a221a43376c4c384a470b6c/tumblr_mmdt7gVx2Y1qarjnpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://darksilenceinsuburbia.tumblr.com/post/49896450634/urs-fischer-skinny-sunrise-2000-sammlung">darksilenceinsuburbia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://arttattler.com/archiveursfischer.html">Urs Fischer</a></strong>. <em>Skinny Sunrise</em><span>, 2000. Sammlung Ringier, Switzerland © Urs Fischer. </span></p> <p><span>Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.</span></p> </blockquote>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49902797408http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49902797408Tue, 07 May 2013 22:09:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f866a89d79c2c41636c1380f038f649/tumblr_mmg411mLke1qz8y11o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9560f985860344ce6546e0fc39f1ef0/tumblr_mmg411mLke1qz8y11o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3d35634d7d9cf4f83ce8f74242f08e9a/tumblr_mmg411mLke1qz8y11o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b8c7ce73a8c9d6712230443220c481f/tumblr_mmg411mLke1qz8y11o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1bccf90e4d90e4edc9c3a1f2de70783/tumblr_mmg411mLke1qz8y11o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.sevenknotwind.com/post/49876597231/parole-reginajose-galindo-fortaleza-veccuia">7knotwind</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><span>Parole </span></em><br/><strong><span><a href="http://www.reginajosegalindo.com/">ReginaJose Galindo</a><br/></span></strong><span>(Fortaleza Veccuia. Livorno, Italy. 2009)</span><span> <br/><br/></span>the artist’s words:<br/><span class="texto">I remain tied and immobilized with chains and seven locks. <br/></span><span class="texto">In front of me a ring with 35 different keys. <br/></span><span class="texto">It is the public who decides to try let me free or not. <br/><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49902740774http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49902740774Tue, 07 May 2013 22:09:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe79a1309fbf93d225845b5319e91877/tumblr_mmeij5BKBJ1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacapretta/8716179516/" title="When Things Hatch">When Things Hatch</a> on Flickr.</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49812202269http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/49812202269Mon, 06 May 2013 19:57:04 -0400Smith Meadows Kitchenpostcards2013AprilAaronAmandaweddingwatercolorAmerican Gothic<a href="http://tetw.tumblr.com/Relationships">Great Articles about Relationships</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tetw.tumblr.com/post/44795950008/great-articles-about-relationships">tetw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3><a href="http://tetw.tumblr.com/tagged/reading_list">A Tetw reading list</a></h3> <p><img alt="image" height="230" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86c46ea4fba23c7e57d9262d01c26127/tumblr_mhras1MI0A1qhoi9qo1_500.jpg" width="360"/></p> <p>10 must-read articles about the complexities of romantic life and the ins and outs of love in the modern world</p> </blockquote>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44798933601http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44798933601Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:40:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/197fb4e6325f9235b12a2591c947fdf0/tumblr_mj0bi5jEVV1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacapretta/8519083505/" title="Training Day">Training Day</a> on Flickr.</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44328830644http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44328830644Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:18:05 -0500Smith Meadows2013postcard<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8ef628ce58f2f0b5b20d45bc50f0f84/tumblr_miymzv13je1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/duane_hanson.htm">http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/duane_hanson.htm</a></p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44264283446http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44264283446Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:31:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff6f3fdd571c363e80c761a4005b4338/tumblr_mhswjrZnjL1qzeqbvo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87029dee9913d3954e2fe89bc37928a3/tumblr_mhswjrZnjL1qzeqbvo5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8e1d6db390ecbb791595f0a62b2927d/tumblr_mhswjrZnjL1qzeqbvo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ceb8901f40b103d58fe61fc5bcdcd3b7/tumblr_mhswjrZnjL1qzeqbvo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbc57f55ddebe790085c1bdca50e3469/tumblr_mhswjrZnjL1qzeqbvo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44262467621http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/44262467621Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:08:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/33b59dccd5c1e1b49da74b3e12acf3b8/tumblr_mg1wh075901r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacapretta/8339932557/" title="Animal Effigies">Animal Effigies</a> on Flickr.</p><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br/> Graphite on Paper, sketchbook, 2013.<br/><br/> “Google-<br/> Effigy Vessel: (generally ceramic) container fashioned in the likeness of a human or animal..”<br/><br/> “Hmm… why does an Imperial Jaguar need a scarf?”</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/39563174649http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/39563174649Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:07:48 -0500bunnyarchaeologyjaguarrabbit effigy vessel500-1150 BCLibrary of Congress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ede305e96923b7064502f0087ba5dc34/tumblr_mg1wfsUY7A1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacapretta/8340992726/" title="Remains">Remains</a> on Flickr.</p><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br/> Graphite on Paper, sketchbook, 2013.<br/><br/> “I wonder what they’ll find…”</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/39563148744http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/39563148744Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:07:04 -0500bunnyarchaeologyintroversion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcbd7bd9a371ef7867168bc97bf0da04/tumblr_mfail8oLwQ1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/HR5EA">Posted by nancypolo</a><br/></p></blockquote> <p> Boccioni - Dynamism of a Soccer Player, 1913. I can’t get behind the Futurist manifesto, but boy! Boccioni was amazing! <a href="http://flip.it/HR5EA">http://flip.it/HR5EA</a> </p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38314904540http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38314904540Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:12:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecv04QI7R1qlm96so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Funny how some naked is good and presentable (usually tall, thin women with relatively large breasts). Beaus look at lots of things but only “share” certain things. What happens when you look most like what isn’t shared?</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38222941093http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38222941093Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:06:34 -0500<a href="http://flic.kr/p/dBWR47">[Flickr Photo] Tessering by Nancy Polo</a>: <p>Tessering</p> <p>[ ]</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38189622220http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/38189622220Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:21:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4cda6e5b73b020fb78107b6380139837/tumblr_mf0ztcaNKd1r19vhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kingfisher, 1886, Van Gogh</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37908445069http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37908445069Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:48:48 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d8725d6d40b0d971718e55a557ef8d4/tumblr_mezjbm6MZA1r19vhxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Click the link below to listen to Pajarito Del Amor (DUETO Con Natalia Lafourcade) by Carla Morrison on Spotify:<br/> <a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/5FAWhdBOfdfSPeG003rxrp">http://open.spotify.com/track/5FAWhdBOfdfSPeG003rxrp</a></p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37849033858http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37849033858Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:54:58 -0500<a href="http://flic.kr/p/dxTmoq">[Flickr Photo] Sea Nymph by Nancy Polo</a>: <p>I want to share this photo with you:<br/> Sea Nymph</p> <p>[ ]</p> <p><br/> Shared with FlickStackr</p>http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37688004346http://nancypolo.tumblr.com/post/37688004346Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:11:08 -0500