Artist's Statement
By Nancy Bass

For over twenty five years, I have painted the rural land that surrounds my home, a cattle farm in central Virginia, and I continue to find inspiration in the open pastures and rolling skyline of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My passion for color and love of animals has led to oil paintings that combine depictions of my cows with the gentle beauty of the surrounding farmland. By varying my palette and the time of day at which my compositions take place, I strive to convey the numerous changes in mood that a single landscape is able to express.