Flora
It is not just animals and wildlife that hold character in Nancy’s work. An avid admirer of botany and ecology, there is an expressive charm present in her landscapes. Nancy finds inspiration from everywhere in the land. The twisted bud of an iris has as much nuance and presence as a grand view of the great plains.
Clayton’s Bouquet
Au plein air painting at City Beach, 2021
“I try NOT to paint pretty florals but rather zero in on the wonderful forms of iris, poppies, and peonies, all of which grow in my garden. I like them in all their different stages of development: when a poppy bud splits and shows its cadmium red promise, when peonies have bloomed and faded and the fascinating seed pods that emerge from the spent blossom.”
“You cannot live in Montana without having breathless moments of awe every day. The skies are endless inspiration for color, clouds, thunder, rain and brilliant azure days. I take many photos and try to paint plein air in oil for that very reason. Last winter I was outside doing some snow paintings after the day warmed up following a new snowfall. The shadows cast by trees and gullies were so very blue, I questioned what I was seeing!” – Nancy Cawdrey
Florals
La Pivoine, Dye on silk, 6" x 6"
Annie's Song, Dye on silk, 29" x 34"
Sun Dance, Dye on silk, 31" x 32"
SOLD Garden Memory, Dye on silk, 21" x 44"
SOLD Passion for Peonies, Dye on silk, 33" x 40"
SOLD Garden Path, 24" x 48"
SOLD Sunday Afternoon , Dye on silk, 17" x 52"
SOLD Beauty's Promise, Dye on silk, 18" x 13"
SOLD Company Iris , Dye on silk, 15" x 11"
SOLD Red, White, and Blue, Dye on silk, 28" x 34"
SOLD Eloise's Poppies, Dye on silk, 9" x 10"
SOLD Aloha Spirit, Dye on silk, 22" x 24"
SOLD Garden Gold, Dye on silk
SOLD Fatal Attraction, Dye on silk, 8" x 10"
Garden podcast, Dye on silk, 29" x 38"
Red Dynasty I, Dye on silk, 20" x 20"
SOLD Coral Hibiscus, Dye on silk, 19" x 29"
Summer Garden, Dye on silk, 17" x 24"
Seeds of Change, Dye on silk, 18" x 36"
Poppy Fields, Dye on silk, 12" x 20", On View at Cawdrey Gallery
Miss Skeeter's Garden, Dye on silk, 14' x 16"
Queenie, Dye on silk, 9" x 10"
Peony: After the Fall II, Dye on silk, 13" x 15"
Peony: After the Fall I, Dye on silk, 13" x 15"
Wild Ones Dye on silk, 16" x 38"
Big Sky Bouquet, Dye on silk, 26" x 22"
SOLD Amaryllis, Dye on silk, 17" x 17"
Ma Vie en Rouge, Dye on silk, 34" x 34"
Ma Vie en Jaune, Dye on silk, 40" x 30"
Landscapes
Big Mountain magic Dye on silk, 20" x 20"
Valley Wetlands, Dye on silk, 10" x 8"
Two Medicine Moon, Oil on linen, 9" x 12"
Into the Woods, Dye on silk, 12" x 12"
Reynold's Creek Runoff, Oil on linen, 10" x 16"
Red Osier Creek, Dye on silk, 25" x 33"
Cool Runnings, Oil on linen, 10' x 26"
Mountain Time, Dye on silk, 25" x 47"
Near Fish Creek Rocks, Watercolor, 11" x 14"
SOLD Hundred Acre Wood, Oil on canvas, 30" x 30"
December Moon, Dye on silk, 11" x 13"
Apres Monet, Oil on linen, 9" x 12"
Lake McDonald, Early Morning, Oil on linen, 8" x 10"
SOLD Bright morning: River's Edge, Dye on silk, 27" x 39"