Tonight marked the official launch for local artist NANCY-JANE PRICE‘s latest painting series “Don’t Be Afraid of Colour” at URBAN GALLERY, 400 Queen St East, Toronto www.urbangallery.ca
Nancy-Jane’s first passionate encounter with colour occurred while she was still in kindergarten. She was to fill in a single pane of a stained glass window design on a piece of brown paper. She chose the most beautiful shade of magenta her young eyes had ever seen, carefully filling in the space. But when the teacher noticed that Nancy-Jane hadn’t started at the bottom, she was summarily removed from painting duties. That memory runs deep. She continued her love affair with colour in public school and colour has stayed with her ever since, mostly through dress and home decoration. Five years ago, after various art classes focused on traditional drawing and painting, she decided to “loosen up” her style, and signed up for an ongoing studio class where she concentrates on non-objective painting in acrylics with an emphasis on intuitive sense of colour. 
Artist statement: Colour, space, juxtaposition, design; the mystery in the way it works, the joy of being alive…
Here’s Nancy-Jane (below left) with KJ Mullins, Publisher of www.Newz4U.net
And here’s artist Linda Langerak (below left) with Wayne Abell of UrbanSource Catering, and KJ Mullins
Visit www.Facebook.com/UrbanGallery to take a virtual walk thru the gallery (video)
DON’T BE AFRAID OF COLOUR
Paintings by Nancy-Jane Price. Show runs until Sat. September 26, 2015