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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:
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, NC
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, Arts Cener, Carrboro, NC, Sertoma, Raleigh,
NC, Carolina Community College, Pittsboro, NC
Member of Florida Plein Air Painters and NC Paints Plein Air,
North Carolina
Impressionist Society, FL
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WORTHINGTON
STUDIOS
1434
Farrington Road
Apex,
NC
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Exhibit at the
North
Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Nature Art Gallery
- February 5-28,
2010 -
Painting
Prairie Ridge
Paintings by Paint
NC plein air group
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CHATHAM COUNTY STUDIO TOUR
#41 on your map
http://www.chathamstudiotour.com/artists/artists-alpha.html
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, prices from $5.00 to
$1,200.00. Here are directions:
From the East (Raleigh, Cary),
Take I-64 (West) and turn right at the Wilsonville traffic light (Farrington
Road).
Take Farrington Road (north) approximately one mile. Pass the Bells
Church, a house, and then Jordan Lake Business Center is the next driveway.
From the South (Sanford, Fuquay-Varina, Pinehurst)
Take US-1 (North) to I-64 (West). Follow “From the East” directions
above.
Or, take US 15/501/NC-87 (North) to I-64 (East) and follow “From
the West” directions above.
Or, take US-421 (North) to I-64 (East) and follow “From the West”
directions below.
From the West (Siler City, Pittsboro,
Greensboro)
Take I-64 (East) and cross over Jordan Lake. Turn left at the Wilsonville
traffic light (Farrington Road).
Take Farrington Road (north) approximately one mile. Pass the Bells
Church, a house, and the next driveway is Jordan Lake Business Center
(a renovated old brick school)
From the North (Chapel Hill/Carrboro)
Take US 15/501 to Mt. Carmel Church Road and turn left (South). Stay
on this road—it will become Mt. Carmel Rd, Farrington Point Road
and Farrington Road.
The Jordan Lake Business Center will be on the left, one mile before
I-64. If you get to the Crosswinds Marina on the right, you have gone
too far.
Look for #46 on the Studio Tour
sign (Red triangle with white number)
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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" Chosen as winner by Panzanella,
in Carrboro, NC
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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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