Portraits and Fine Art by Nancy Tilles
Bio
Artist Bio
Nancy Tilles is an award winning fine artist and portraitist. She is known for her beautiful representational paintings of living things. Her oil paintings have been compared to photographs in their attention to detail and enhanced accuracy of color but they are not photographic at all. Instead, they could be called a kind of painterly realism. Her portraits of people and animals are rich in color and each painting tells a story about the subject's life.
Nancy's work has been commissioned publicly and privately numerous times. Her underwater series entitled "Sea eScape" was purchased by the City of Sunny Isles in Miami Beach. Other publically commissioned work includes The Wild Things by The Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County and The Bus Bench project by The West Palm Beach Downtown Development Center.
Exhibits of Nancy's work have appeared several times at PB International Airport and in the Village of Wellington's Art in Public Places. She ha displayed her paintings at many festivals and shows including Artigras, Sunfest, Wellington Art Festival and Jupiter Art Fest by the Sea, to name a few. Her work has been published multiple times and her painting "Sheer Determination" was chosen as the cover of "Palms West Almanac" Magazine 2004. She is presently licensing many of her images to be used on various products.
Having earned her BFA from the University of Miami in 1977, she has since taken workshops with renowned artists, including Phillip Pearlstein, Nelson Shanks and Laurie Snow Hein.
The River of Grass Artists' Retreat, located in Palm Beach Gardens, is Nancy's new home/studio where she is working on commissions and offering classes and workshops to adults looking for a special place to be creative in a beautiful and natural setting..
Wild Things
Benefiting the Boys & Girls Club
of Palm Beach County
80 Life-Sized fiberglass horses, dolphins, pelicans and sea turtles have been decorated by artist from Florida and the country. Find out more about where they have been placed and how they will be auctioned.
Pictured is Nancy Tilles with her creation "Groovy" which has been placed at the restaurant DaDa on 52 N. Swinton Ave. and Atlantic Blvd. in downtown Delray Beach, FL.
Giclees available for sale directly online. To order giclee prints of any of the images on this site contact me at ntilles@comcst.net. Images will be printed on paper as large as 12"x18" and suitable for framing in up to 18"x24" format. Prints are $35.00 plus tax and shipping. Giclees on canvas are also available in any size.Gift Certificates available for Giclees, Portraits, and Art Classes.
gallery
HURRICANE CAFE Art Gallery
Visit the Hurricane Cafe Art Gallery's website. Owner and Chef Scott Phillip of the famous Hurricane Cafe and Bryan Sullivan artist and founder of Expose Us Media have come together to present you a series of great art works by local artists for you to enjoy. Our first series features the current art works by 10 local artists. On display are original oil, acrcylic and mixed media paintings, photogrqphy and home decor shell creations. Give the Gift of Art and support your local arts community, each piece is for sale. If you are interested in purchasing this art work please ask for the manager on duty at the Hurricane Cafe or buy online by selecting the artist's works you are interested in. Learn more about these great works of art online.
West Palm Beach Downtown Development Bench Project
Fourteen Artists were selected to design and decorate benches to beautify Clematis Street.
Nancy Tilles' bench, "The Clematis Flower", depicts the flower that the street is named for.
Calligraphy decorates the seat of the bench describing the history of downtown West Palm Beach
and how the streets were named.
Mayor Lois Frankel and Nancy Tilles are pictured behind "The Clematis Flower" bench.
- Member ASID American Society of Interior Designers Industry Partner
- Member Wellington Art Society
- Member Women in the Visual Arts
- Member Delray Art League, Inc.
- Member Art Alliance of Jupiter