Painting in Tuscany with
Nancie King Mertz
(oils and pastels)
May 21 - 29, 2017
INCLUDES: Four-Star Hotel - Breakfasts - transportation to out of town painting locations - instruction from Nancie - First Night's Dinner.
single occupancy $3250 double occupancy $2250 each person.
non painting spouses and friends are warmly welcome!
Nancie King Mertz
(oils and pastels)
May 21 - 29, 2017
INCLUDES: Four-Star Hotel - Breakfasts - transportation to out of town painting locations - instruction from Nancie - First Night's Dinner.
single occupancy $3250 double occupancy $2250 each person.
non painting spouses and friends are warmly welcome!
Here's a slide show of some of Nancie's paintings.
We will be lodging in the town of Arezzo in the Hotel Continentale.
How else to inspire you to come than by watching and listening to this?
How else to inspire you to come than by watching and listening to this?
Nancie King Mertz, a Master Pastelist PSAM, CPPM, and IAPS Master Circle. was born and raised in Central Illinois, where she began painting and selling her work in her early teens. She received a BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois, where she was a James Scholar, and also where she met her husband, Ron. They settled in Central Illinois and Nancie pursued a Masters Program in Painting at Eastern Illinois University where she taught for 3 years. While in graduate school, Nancie began a gallery/framing company which she has continued to operate after re-locating to Chicago in 1987. Her husband joined her in the business in 2000. Their gallery/frame shop features Nancie’s originals, Ron publishes Giclée prints and cards of her work, and Nancie and her staff run a thriving framing and conservation service.
PSA: 5th Place 2015, Bill Creevy Award 2014, 2013 award
- CPP: Best in Show, 1st Pl, and various awards
- IAPS: Award of Merit 2015, 2014
- Palette & Chisel: Diamond Medal and various awards since 1988
- Pastel Journal, various awards, Feb. 2015 cover, and articles
- The Artist Magazine, various awards
- Plein Air Easton! awards 2010 and 2015
- OPA: 5th Pl
- Degas Pastel: Honorable Mention 2015, Great American Award 2014,
- IPAPA: Award of Merit 2015, Honorable Mention 2014
- Boldbrush Finalist
- Distinguished Graduate Alum 2012 Eastern IL University
- Inaugural Class 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee Arcola High School
- LPCofC: Business Person of the Year 2008, Small Business of the Year 2000
Arezzo is one of the wealthiest cities in Tuscany. Located in southeastern Tuscany, it sits atop a hill (where else?) at the crossroads of four valleys: Val Tiberina, Casentino, Valdarno and Valdichiana.
Standing high atop a hill in southern Tuscany not too far from Siena, Montepulciano is a medieval town of rare beauty highly recommended visiting in Tuscany. The city, full of elegant Renaissance palaces, ancient churches, charming squares and hidden corners, boasts vast panoramas all over the wonderful Val d'Orcia and Val di Chiana valleys that surround it.
Standing high atop a hill in southern Tuscany not too far from Siena, Montepulciano is a medieval town of rare beauty highly recommended visiting in Tuscany. The city, full of elegant Renaissance palaces, ancient churches, charming squares and hidden corners, boasts vast panoramas all over the wonderful Val d'Orcia and Val di Chiana valleys that surround it.
If you're returning to Tuscany and want to see more of the beauties Tuscany is well-known for, make your way to Arezzo and the surrounding countryside. You'll find less visitors and many more locals, as well as the many treasures in the towns and castles that played an important role in the history of Tuscany.
I'm making arrangements with Massimo Ricci of Lucignano to act as our local guide making sure that we have a great time and that everything goes smoothly. Massimo has acted as my Tuscan contact for several years and Max, as we call him, is the best!
I'm making arrangements with Massimo Ricci of Lucignano to act as our local guide making sure that we have a great time and that everything goes smoothly. Massimo has acted as my Tuscan contact for several years and Max, as we call him, is the best!
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Map of Tuscany in relation to Rome This is where Arezzo is
Without doubt Montepulciano has to be one of the most beautiful Medieval towns of Tuscany, at 600 meters above sea level protected by those great medieval walls. This will be one of our painting locations.
Here are some images of our hotel and the town.
The hotel has A/C, double windows to keep noise out, and a beautiful roof terrace.
The hotel has A/C, double windows to keep noise out, and a beautiful roof terrace.
How to get there? Well, there are several options which I will go over in more detail later. But whether you land in Rome or Florence there is a train to Arezzo and then a 5 minute walk to the hotel. Florence is closer so give consideration to that.
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