About Us

Polly Nunn, Artist

Williamsburg, VA

pahnart@hotmail.com

www.pollynunnart.com

Exhibits and Awards

July & August 2008: One Woman Show at Terra Coffee, Wine and Dine, 1430 High Street, Williamsburg

June 2008: Merit Award, This Century Art Gallery Member’s Show.

February 2008: Honorable Mention in Artist Who Teach (Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton. VA)

January 2008: One Woman Show at Sentara Region Hospital, main lobby (Williamsburg)

July 2007: Honorable Mention in Virginia Artist 2007 (Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton. VA)

April 2007: One Woman Show, Sage Moon Gallery (Charlottesville, VA)

February 2, 2007: The Williamsburg Flower Show: Floral, Botanical and Still Life Paintings

January 2007: Advanced Clay Class Mural Received by Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

September 14: Art in Bloom ’06 Champagne Preview and Live Auction

September 16 & 17, 2006: Art Escape (a tour of local galleries and studios in Williamsburg)

August 12, 2006: Sentara Hospital Grand Opening Juried Exhibit

July 23-Sept. 10, 2006: Charles Taylor Art Gallery Bay Days Annual Juried Exhibition

November 2005: Art Escape

October 1992-2005: Exhibited in the Occasion for the Arts (Williamsburg, VA)

July 2005: Honorable Mention in Best of Virginia (Kennedy Promotions Book Series)

July 2005: Charles Taylor Art Gallery Bay Days Annual Juried Exhibition

June 2005: Merit Award, This Century Art Gallery Members' Show

March – June 2005: One woman show, The Trellis Restaurant Gallery (Williamsburg, VA)

March 2005: One woman show, Ganache Hill Gallery (Williamsburg, VA)

February 2005: One woman show, Bay School of Cultural Arts (Matthews, VA)

July 2004: First Place in painting category, Bay Days Annual Juried Exhibition (Hampton, VA)

June 2004: James Strauss Award, This Century Art Gallery Members' Show

March 2004: One woman show, Two Rivers Country Club (Williamsburg, VA)

March 2004: Selected to exhibit in This Century Art Gallery’s 45^th Anniversary.

April 2003: Three person show, This Century Art Gallery (Williamsburg, VA)

May 2001: One woman show, Blue Skies Gallery (Hampton, VA)

October 2000: Second Place award, Orchids from the Colonies to the Future Exhibit (Williamsburg, VA)

March 1998: Williamsburg Camera Club Photo Contest, First Place award in Color Photography

March 1997: Williamsburg Camera Club Photo Contest, Second Place award in Color Photography

April 1996: On the Hill's "Best of the Best", First place in the painting category. (Yorktown, VA)

June 1995: Juror's Award at the Twentieth Century Gallery Members' Show (Williamsburg, VA)

July 1994: One woman show at Williamsburg Regional Arts Center Gallery (Williamsburg, VA)

April 1994: One woman show, Blue Skies Gallery (Hampton, VA)

June 1984: Award of Distinction, Gypsy Hill Art Show (Staunton, VA)

September 1983: Merit Award, Neptune Festival Art Show (Virginia Beach, VA)

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from James Madison University (1980).

Graphic concentration with commercial art and education emphasis.

Private, Semi Private, Small Group

2010 Fall Classes

I am teaching small group art classes

for adults and youth at my studio:

2644 Jockey’s Neck Trail. Williamsburg, VA 23185

Please email me with the times and dates that work best for you.

I teach oil/acrylic, water colors painting classes, Paste, Basic Drawing,

Clay sculpture and Pottery.

Adult Classes (high school and up)

Private, $30/hr. Semiprivate. $20/hour 3 students, $15/hr 4 to 6 $12.50/hr

Youth Classes (1st grade and up) Basic materials provided for youth classes

Private, $30/hr. Semiprivate. $20/hour 3 to 6 students, $15/hr

Questions? pahnart@hotmail.com

The new Art Education Center located in

Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center ( intersection of Rt. 199 and Rt. 5)

Classes include Acrylic and Oil painting, Pastel drawing, Clay sculpture, Teen and Elementary art.

To sign up and learn more go to

www.thiscenturyartgallery.org , call the gallery 229-4949

Or contact me at pahnart@cox.net

Supply Lists

Acrylic Painting

Artist Acrylic paint (not the craft paint)

Red: alizarin crimson and cadmium medium

Yellow: cadmium medium or primary

Blue: Phalo, primary or Prussian

White

Acrylic mat medium

gesso

These are the minimum colors needed. Liquitex value series is a good beginners brand and comes in kits with most of these basic colors. Other colors you may wish to purchase are burnt zinnia, raw umber, yellow ochre, phalo Green, and magenta.

Brushes: Bristle brushes in fourth, half and one-inch sizes (approximately), several sizes of sable style brushes, foam brush (two or three inch), and Q-tips. Nice inexpensive brushes can be purchased at Ace hardware store on Richmond Rd. (get the white bristle with green wood)

Pallet knife

Pallets: Several large plastic containers with lids, or a package of Styrofoam white plates or large white meat trays can be substituted.

Matte or gloss medium

Large size container for water (coffee cans, ice cream tubs)

Clear plastic ruler

Paper towels and cotton rags.

Stretched canvas, canvas boards, primed masonite, clay board, illustration board, or heavy watercolor paper. You may want to try assorted surfaces.

Table top or floor easel

Pencils and vine charcoal also called (willow charcoal) for sketching.

Oil Painting

Same as Acrylic expect substitute oil paint for acrylic, odorless or Natural turpentine for water, Liquin (I like Winsor & Newton brand) for acrylic medium, glass jars with tops for water container.

Pastel Supplies
Pastels come in different hardest and many different sets. You can choice which ones meet your interests and budget. I recommend the following:

Nupastels Sticks: box of 12 or more

Soft Pastels: box of 12 or more

Pastel: pencils box or 12 or more

9x12 or larger pastel paper, assorted colors (these come in pads or individual sheets)

Sheet of medium grit sand paper

Knead eraser

X-acto knife or single edge razor

Workable fixative