80 Artists Magazine January/February 2020
Animal//Wildlife
2ND PLACE
Nancy Bass
Boca Grande, Florida
nancybassartist.comAt the Museum (After Thiebaud)
oil on canvas, 24x30
“This painting is part of an ongoing series
titled At the Museum, which unites my
longstanding engagement with animal
subjects and art-historical tradition. As
a college student, I fi rst encountered the
paintings of Wayne Thiebaud in a 1977
retrospective at the Des Moines Art
Center and was drawn to his bold use of
color and novel approach to the realism
of the everyday. My own work has been
inspired by the 35 years that I lived on
a farm in central Virginia, raising and
painting a herd of cows who were central
to my own everyday landscape. The
playful juxtaposition of bovine subject
and bovine product [Thiebaud’s Four Ice
Cream Cones] refl ects my larger interest in
exploring color, texture and the boundary
between nature and consumer culture.”3RD PLACE
Kyle Ma
Austin, Texas
kylemafineart.comThe Rock Perch
oil on panel, 14x18
“This painting was done
from references taken from
a friend’s yard. The lighting
was overcast, so it allowed
room to explore the rich
local colors of the scene.
I also used the structure of
the coop to off set some
of the more organic
elements in this painting.”