About Nathalie Fuson

I began painting in high school, under the instruction of Walter Bartman in Bethesda, MD. I received a BA in Fine Arts from New York University and studied painting and drawing at the Art Student's League of New York, where my instructors included Cornelia Foss, Peter Cox, Frank O’Cain, and Peter Homitzky, among others. 

I work primarily in oil because I love the versatility and luminescence of the medium, but I also enjoy gouache and watercolor, which enable me to paint when I travel. I seek to capture the ethereal dimension between realism and surrealism, even when painting everyday subjects. I aim to create landscapes and still-lifes that evoke an emotional impact, and portraits that capture not only a subjects’ physical attributes but how it feels to occupy their place in the world by including a context of surroundings. When composing a portrait, the “mise en scene” is as important as the subject’s likeness, for the setting and the details tell you all you need to know about the subject. I like to explore dreams, symbolism and personal iconography as devices for illustrating a message or experience, and to push the viewer to think and spark dialogue. 

Exhibitions

Fourth LaGrange Southeast Regional Exposition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA 2022

Anis Restaurant, Atlanta 2022

“Home is Where You Make It,” Colony Square, Atlanta 2021

“East Meets West,” Grandview Gallery, Atlanta 2021

“Vote Tree” Mural, Atlanta Beltline 2021

“Out and About,” Sewell Mill Art and Cultural Center, Atlanta 2020

Grandview Gallery, Atlanta 2015

Trinity Spotlight on Art, Atlanta 2011, 2013

Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta 2005, 2006

Art for CARE Fundraiser, Atlanta 2003

Callanwolde Arts Center, Atlanta 2000

Art Students League, New York 1995, 1996, 1997