The Pittsboro Gallery of Arts Celebrates the Pastel Works of Jody Nash

The Pittsboro Gallery of Arts is pleased to present the pastel paintings of Jody Nash in a Featured Artist Show that will be on display from Tuesday, January 6–Sunday, February 1, 2026. There will be a reception on Friday, January 16, from 5–8pm.

Although Jody Nash has worked in a variety of media over the years, she rediscovered her love of soft pastels in 2020. While her earlier work in oils, printmaking, and photography centered on the human figure, she found herself turning to landscapes for these new pastel paintings. Nash notes that, “Landscapes sit firmly in our personal experience, memories, and dreams. They represent the places we have lived or visited, the places we long for, and where our ancestors once stood. Landscapes, quite literally, are the ground we walk on.”

Nash chooses subjects with rich colors and strong textures; she is drawn to interesting plays of light and imagery, such as reflections on water, light filtering through trees, or the way sunlight shimmers across a pond. She uses archival sanded paper and professional-grade pastels to create these paintings in her studio, referencing her own photographs as well as carefully selected open-source images.

Her most recent work focuses on the landscapes of North Carolina and the American South, and she has begun “incorporating subtle elements of human presence—a house, a boat,” into these pieces. She has further plans to branch out into works depicting urban landscapes as well as interior spaces, a project she is especially excited to begin.

Jody Nash creates landscape paintings that are simultaneously tranquil and passionate—the curl of an outer-banks wave, the fire of a sunset, the undulations in a field of grain—these familiar scenes are masterfully depicted in a way that makes the viewer see through the appreciative eyes of a very talented artist. Please join us at The Pittsboro Gallery of Arts as we celebrate the works of Jody Nash.

The Pittsboro Gallery of Arts is an artist-owned cooperative Fine Art and Craft Gallery located a few steps north of the Chatham County Courthouse circle. Artist works include a variety of media: oil, acrylics, watercolor, high-voltage woodburning, wooden mobiles, pastel, pen and ink, photography, fused glass, ceramics, jewelry, basketry, handcrafted fine furniture, painted gourd vessels, and sculptural works in stone, steel, bronze, clay, and wood.

The Pittsboro Gallery of Arts
44-A Hillsboro Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312
https://www.pittsboroarts.org

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Third Friday: additional hours of 5pm–8pm
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