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Portraits & Figure By Nancy E. Polo

Print based on original watercolor on paper, by Nancy Polo. The pandemic didn't erase the #curiosity #energy #imagination or #creativity of #children Life went on for every #fouryearold in spite of COVID. This little boy is blessed with a #grandmother who found a way to get him to his favorite place and keep him in style throughout. This piece is one of many that explore the love between #grandchildren and their precious #grandparents in a 2021 show called What's Going On In September 2021, Nancy Polo returns to Barns of Rose Hill with a collection of original watercolor and acrylic paintings. 2020 was an historic year—a capstone to an unprecedented time of social, political and environmental upheaval. Everyone everywhere has asked themselves “What’s Going On?” Marvin Gaye’s 1971 song asked the same question fifty years ago for the same reasons. In our little town of Berryville, some might like to insist that nothing much is going on. We are enduring a global quarantine, but we are not a hot zone for the COVID 19 pandemic. Our Unity March in response to the deaths of innocent people of color across our nation was peaceful. Our community discussions on race relations and other controversial subjects held at the Barns of Rose Hill have been relatively calm. Even with our democracy on the brink of collapse, with families and good friends finding themselves divided, we continue to be relatively polite to each other in Clarke County. Inspired by social injustices committed in the US, including the 1965 Watts riots, Gaye’s lyrics explore themes of racism, drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. As he struggled to get the song produced, Marvin Gaye asked, “With the world exploding around me, how am I supposed to keep singing love songs?” Nancy Polo asks herself the same question about painting. Her response is a series of landscapes, portraits, bird and nature paintings full of color and tension that brim just under the surface of reflected beauty. In our small county we are lucky enough to be removed from most of 21st-Century turmoil. That buffer does not give us permission to hide. Rather, it should give us pause to contemplate what we truly value, and find ways to preserve what we love in our world. Come see “What’s Going On?” at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, VA. September 1-30, 2021. Artist opening 9-12-21, Artist talk 9-24-21. https://barnsofrosehill.org/event/meet-the-artist-nancy-polo-whats-going-on

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