Nancy Hutson Art on Display

Nancy Grace Hutson, is a self-taught artist who pursues her artistic vision by combining her love of crochet with her drawings on archival paper.

Not only will her artwork be on display at Sow's Ear in Verona, Wisconsin now through February 27, but she will also teach a workshop on her method of "free-style" crochet.

Sundrops courtesy of Sow's Ear

Sundrops: close-up

Nancy's "themes for her crochet wall hangings are nature-based: a flowing river, clouds in the sky, the sun through trees. Even her abstract pieces – her vision of sun drops falling onto a lake, and the wild sky colors behind a three-dimensional tree branch – come out of playing with natural images.

Mixed Media; crochet over wire for 3-D effect, courtesy Hutson

Hutson is also displaying a few of her drawings, which she says are “colorful, rhythmic, and playful.” Also displayed is the coming together of her drawing and crochet media, with a drawing framed in creative crochet shapes."

The Flambeau Tree: watercolor pens on archival paper
The Sows Ear is located at 125 S. Main Street, Verona, Wisconsin (near Madison); and is open Sunday through Saturday, 7-5 PM, yarn only Friday 5-7 PM.

Text provided by VeronaPress.com

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