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Nathalie's
art education began at the Cleveland Museum of Art at age five.
Her family recognized that her favorite past time was drawing
and painting, and encouraged her passionate interest in art.
Sketching and making art using
any medium was the springboard for her life. She won numerous
art awards through elementary school, high school, and college,
for her prints, paintings, and sculptures (bronze and clay).
Her first daunting artistic challenge came as a teenager while
she contemplated the forest next to her home. She wondered,
"How can I express the view of all these trees with light
filtering through their infinite numbers of leaves -- how can
anyone possibly express this in a painting!" Her family
had numerous books on the impressionist painters.
She recalls finding "The Age of Impressionism" book
on the shelf and in its pages found the answer to nature's infinite
detail! With an impressionistic approachs to her paintings,
she was launched into the world of color and light; a lifelong
endeavor to express her creative vision using paint on canvas.
Nathalie's deep relationship with nature moves through her brushes.
She looks for the secrets and mysteries that might emerge as
scenes in her work. The images that grow through experiences,
realizations, and relationships, become the vital source for
meaning and for the paintings she creates. The precious beauty
of nature, from woods to ocean and scenic vistas, suggest a
mysterious presence that Nathalie aspires to show through imagery.
Sometimes the landscapes whisper from an inner source and a
very personal "soul scape" emerges.
The pure act of painting is her passion, and her style is representational,
painterly, impressionistic, and bold. Over the years, Nathalie
has explored a wide range of pallet and subject matter, though
her style has always been recognizable. The common theme in
all of her paintings is mystery and light.
art@worthingtonstudios.com.
Studio visits are welcome by appointment.
~ 1434 Farrington Road ~
Phone: 727.510.7573
Nathalie's artwork is included in many private and public collections.
She has exhibited her work in numerous one woman and group shows:
Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC
Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA, Cleveland Garden
Center, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Women's City Club, Cleveland
Intown Club, Cleveland, OH, Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL,
Pentagon Gallery, Cleveland, OH, One Tampa City Center, Tampa,
FL, Epcot, Orlando, FL
Member of Florida Plein Air Painters and NC Paints Plein Air,
North Carolina

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WORTHINGTON
STUDIOS
Apex, NC
1434
Farrington Road
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"Gaea" Chosen
for the cover of the Inner Change Magazine
April/ May 2008
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"Ned" Chosen
for the cover of the Arts section of the Carrboro Citizen
Volume 1 - No. 7, April 2008
"Ned" on view at juried art show at
Panzanella, in Carrboro, NC
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CHATHAM COUNTY STUDIO TOUR
http://www.chathamstudiotour.com/
Saturday, December 1,
10am-5pm
Sunday, December 2,
12pm-5pm
Enjoy the tour, and let your route bring you to
Nathalie's studio on Farrington Road, one mile north of 64. You'll find
many new paintings, and fine art reproductions availble for purchase.
Beginning with lithographic prints in the 1980's,
Nathalie has moved along with the advances made in art reproduction,
in order to create her own line of giclee prints. The French word GICLEE
literally means fine spray, and so the permanent inks are sprayed on
the medium (paper or canvas) at a pre-determined size. Each print is
carefully inspected and then signed by Nathalie. Hand embellishments
can be special ordered. An art reproduction on canvas or Somerset Velvet
watercolor paper will remain brilliantly colorful for many many years.
Contact Nathalie by phone or e-mail for more information.
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A view
of the courtyard outside the studio. These plant beds recycle all the
water used by the building. Green and beautiful.
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Art walk, 2006, Carrboro, NC
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Hello
from the Epcot 2004 International Flower and Garden Show
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Prints
and original art works are available for purchase by contacting Nathalie
at art@worthingtonstudios.com.
Studio visits are welcome by appointment
~ 1434 Farrington Road ~ Phone: 919.362.8686
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CHECK OUT THE
BEMA CHAIR, MADE BY NATHALIE


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Painting with
passion, Worthington infuses her paintings with life. She endeavors
to express the sanctity of nature in the hope that a place of high regard
will be touched
in the viewer, kindling a resolve to take good care
of our Natural World.
Worthington approaches her paintings with lively bold strokes; the underpainting-
then layer after layer of color is laid on, with overall washes to tone
and deepen the image. A vibrant likeness of landscapes, flowers, and
animals emerges from the canvas.

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