Drawn Out :: Don Nace

March 13 - April 24, 2005

Opening Reception ::
Sunday, March 13, 2005
1pm - 4pm

Curator ::
Lynn Stein

Don Nace's comic & insightful line drawn observations had their beginnings on the F train between West 4th Street and 53rd.

"I had been in New York City only a short time but my savings were gone and the body of artwork that I had brought with me from New Mexico provided no income. I had found a job and began sketching on my daily commute on the F train.

I was merely letting my nervous hand scratch at the paper, for no other reason perhaps than the urge to make marks, like some archaeologist digging for signs of civilization. Eventually, once I was relaxed enough by the random marks, a line or a gesture would trigger some recognition and a figure would pop out." - Don Nace

Don Nace was born in New Mexico just after WWII, graduated with a BFA from University of Iowa in 1969. His drawings have appeared in the movies: "Fatal Attraction", "Sleepers" and "Beloved". Nace is a scenic artist in film and theater. Don Nace's drawings have been published in "Antaeus" Ecco Press 1982, a 36 page series of narrative drawings.

He has been a featured artist in "The Quarterly" , Vintage Press 1987 to 1995. In 1994 he began to concentrate on the book of drawings "Drawn Out" publisher, Soft Skull,due to be released early 2005.

Nace posts drawings and writings daily to his website and invites comments. www.drawingoftheday.com