My current series of paintings are based on motion and the urban environment. As a child growing up in New York City, my days were spent absorbing cacophonous sounds and observing the fleeting images of a yet undefined adult world. I viewed this unceasing circus from our 14th floor apartment, or tearing down the sidewalk clutching the hand of a harried parent. At night the city turned into a magical network of lights, and ultimately darting shadows and reflections on my bedroom wall. For years I have been reminded of those images and sought a way to recapture and reconcile them with the formal issues my paintings address: intricate patterns produced by points of color.  My art historical antecedents are the Italian Futurists, specifically, Severini, and Boccioni, and the French Post-Impressionists, Seurat and Signac. I have also studied the stop-action photographs of Muybridge which were seminal attempts at capturing and analyzing the movement of men or animals engaged in various activities.

My most recent paintings, from 2007 are a thematic respite from the chaos of the city. They depict a quiet and peaceful place devoid of overt activity, except for the rustle of a curtain or the subtle shift of a reflection. They are paintings about absence and solitude. - artist statement 2007

Nancy Newman Rice is presently Director of Art and Design Programs at Maryville University in St. Louis. Her work was featured in the prestigious Currents Exhibition Series at the St. Louis Art Museum in 1979.  She employs the pointillist technique of applying paint not only to enhance the intricacy of the images but also the vibrancy of the colors.  Her images come from art history, family photographs, and dreams. 

Education
1974 MFA, Washington University, St. Louis
1972 BFA, Washington University, St. Louis
1968 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Selected Recent Exhibitions
2007 St. Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis MO
         Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO
2005 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis
         Innsbrook Resort and Conference Center, Wright City, MO
2004 Selections from St. Louis Galleries, Chesterfield Arts Gallery, Chesterfield, MO
2003 Palm Beach International Art Fair, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2002 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
         A Modern Bestiary, The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
2000 Of World and Self, Women Artists in St. Louis, Innsbrook Conference Center, Wright City, MO,
         Print Invitational, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
1999 Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure Univ., NY
1998 R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
         Solo Exhibition, Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
1997 St. Louis: The City Series, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1996 Art St. Louis XII, Juror: J.W. Mahoney, Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum
1994 Honor Award Exhibit, Art St. Louis, Northwestern University, IL
1993 Solo Exhibit, Museum Gallery, Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau
1991 Solo Exhibit, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
         American Landscape, Novus Gallery, Atlanta, GA