Category Archives: My Artwork

Jan
07
2009

Bookbinding Inspiration

My husband inherited his grandmother’s old cookbook, which is a “Beach Boys” notebook filled with handwritten recipes in Croatian. I fell in love with this book, but was concerned by its poor condition.
Out of fear that this important, historic artifact from my husband’s legacy wouldn’t survive for his children, I decided to reproduce the [...]

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Jan
06
2009

December Survey

December Survey for Mia Nolting from Haley Nagy. 5.5 x 7.5. Encaustic & Mixed Media.
I decided to participate in a research project by artist Mia Nolting, who is also a student at PNCA in Portland. I have no idea what she is going to do with these, but I couldn’t help [...]

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Jan
05
2009

New Work: Daddy’s Little Girl

Daddy’s Little Girl. 5 x 7. Encaustic & Mixed Media. © 2009 Haley Nagy
I’m pleased to introduce another addition to the No More Happy Birthdays series as well as my very first painting in the year 2009.
The three birthday candles are a reference to the lost youth of this woman, [...]

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Dec
30
2008

Those in Peril on the Sea

Who isn’t inspired by the unknown monsters that haunt the ocean floor? All children have, at one point or another, been fascinated by the sea and the fantastical creatures that live within it. This terrifying vision manifested itself through a convoluted combination of my childhood memories of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Moby [...]

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Dec
26
2008

The Train Ride

My husband and I “accidentally” collaborated on a piece, due to a slight misunderstanding with the settings on my camera. Somehow I came back from Chicago with enough pictures of myself on the train to make a short stop motion video clip. I asked my husband to compose a short 36 second piano [...]

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