Margaret Nomentana
My paintings and collages are abstract landscapes of the mind, infused with the light of Maine's changing seasons and my own emotional weather. Working primarily with acrylic paint, I navigate formal concerns: spatial relationships, color, shape and line. My work is bathed in music, my constant companion in the studio. Artmaking for me always involves longing and discovery, an exploration of self through the visual world.
Margaret Nomentana untitled, 2022 collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana untitled, 2022 collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana untitled, 2016 collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana untitled, 2016 collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana untitled collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana untitled, 2020 collaged acrylic paint unframed
Margaret Nomentana makes non-objective paintings and collages. She began painting seriously in the early 1970’s, before moving to Los Angeles to join the Feminist Studio Workshop. At the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. where she received awards in Painting and Design. She holds an MFA from Goddard College, a MA in Sociology from the New School for Social Research, and a Professional Certificate in Interior Design, from UCLA.
In 1994, Nomentana moved to the White Mountains of Western Maine, where she enjoys the solitude of her studio in the woods. She is also a part-time New Yorker, and She enjoys teaching art at the local library.
Her paintings are in private collections in Maine and across the country.
Nomentana was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.