Nella Lush
450 Harrison Ave, Studio #200
Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage of visual artists, musicians and poets. She studied art history and foreign languages, she speaks five languages. She is a full time artist with a studio in North Andover, MA and 450 Harrison Ave, Boston.
Her art is a constant exploration of the relationship between man and its history and becomes a spiritual and intimate journey. With intuition and experience and never following a formula she brings together the alchemy of materials, classical forms and the appearance of centuries of aging in all of her paintings, whether is an abstract, a fresco, a floral, a figurative or even her mixed media on paper.
She works in series and mainly with oils and uses cold wax as a medium often adding marble dust and pumice to create more texture and depth.
Nella is very active in the art communities and an avid volunteer of many organizations. She served for two terms as the President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Women Artists, NYC.
She is a board member of the Rockport Art Association and Museum and the founder of the Experimental Group of RAA. The mission of the group is to foster, promote and encourage self expression by giving the opportunity to artists to come together, to explore and share ideas towards the creative freedom. She conducts workshops and demonstrations with the theme of “Painting from the Soul”.
Past President of NAWA (National Association of Women Artists), Massachusetts chapter, served 2 terms 2013/2017
Artist member of the National Association of Women Artists in New York City (NAWA)
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists (A.S.M.A.)
Artist Member and Board of trustees of Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA
Artist Member of North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA
Founder and President of the Experimental Group of RAA&Museum
Former President of the Andovers’ Artists Guild - Andover, MA
Nella's art is part of private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, France, Spain, England, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, Hawaii and New Zealand
Gallery Representation:
. Cortile Gallery, Provincetown, MA
. Thomas Henry Gallery, Nantucket, MA
.White Room Gallery, Bridge Hampton, NY
. Mystic Seaport Gallery, Mystic, CT