“Growth is a beautiful experience, but can also bring about a whirlwind of uncomfortable feelings. I am interested in capturing this duality and exploring how these internal emotions can infringe on external environments.” — Jacquelin Nagel
About the artist
Jacquelin Nagel
Jacquelin Nagel received her BA from Loyola Marymount University with a concentration in painting and drawing. She has been drawing and painting since childhood. She takes advantage of the relationship between drawing, painting, and photography to explore a surreal world of photo-based figurative works. She utilizes a glazing technique used by the Old Masters. Countless layers of translucent paint build on each other to achieve a high level of luminosity and saturation. Her work uses the figure to reveal personal wounds and battles that she has overcome. The paintings are metaphors that help her to be at peace with who she is and what she has experienced.
