Mc Churchill-Nash

M.C. Churchill-Nash is a South Carolina based artist who has exhibited in juried and invitational shows throughout the Southeast and the US. She majored in art, with a concentration in painting, and holds AFA and BFA degrees from Sullins College and the University of Tennessee. At UT M.C. studied under watercolorists Carl Sublett and Richard Clarke. Further study includes portraiture classes with Rita Reed (teacher, portrait, and court artist) and workshops with Charles Kapsner (painter and fresco artist).

Her primary media is watercolor but she also works in mixed media, pen & ink, oil, and prismacolor. Both watercolor and pen & ink work have won awards during her career, and she is a Member in Excellence of the South Carolina Watermedia Society.


ARTIST STATEMENT
My approach to watercolor uses the subject matter, often animals, to explore shapes (positive and negative) and color contrasts. While fighting a tendency to get caught up in detail, compositions have become more compact with use of negative space for balance. Color schemes are often complimentary since I like the vibrancy they impart. Using plate surface bristol board, hot press watercolor paper, or yupo allows for vivid color and pigment that sits on the surfac...

BFA University of Tennessee, Knoxville
AFA Sullins College, Virginia

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS (partial list)
international juried exhibitions:
Light, Space & Time, Online Open Art Exhibition, Special Merit Award, November 2013

national juried exhibitions:
24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Rock Hill, SC 2013
Harness Tracks of America Art Competition, Red Mile Track, Lexington, KY Harness Racing Art — 2003, 2000,1979, 1978, 1977
• 1977, 3rd Place
The Paint Spot Gallery — 2nd Annual Miniature Show,
Black Mountain, NC, 2000
Art Show at the Dog Show 1995, Wichita, KS
National Holstein Convention Art Competition, Nashville, TN, 1980
• Honorable Mention
International Miniature Show, Clearwater, FL, 1986, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978
• 1978, 1st Place Drawing
•1980, 2nd Place Birds and Animals
•1981, 2nd Place Semi-Abstract
Kentucky Watercolor Society 2nd Annual Juried Show,
Owensboro, KY, 1979
Montana International Miniature Show, Billings, MT, 1983, 1982, 1981
• 1981, 2nd Place Drawing
• 1982, two works selected for Traveling Show
National Miniature Show, La Luz, NM, 1981, 1980, 1979
• 1980, Collectors Choice Award
National Western Small Painting Show, NM, 1981, 1980, 1979
• 1979, 2nd Place Watercolor
• 1980, 1st Place Drawing
• 1981, Best of ...