Artwork copyright Nancy Halbrooks. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Three, 2000

Nancy Halbrooks
American (born 1953)

Location: Rochester Elementary School, Rochester

About the Artwork

Three is a charcoal drawing by artist Nancy Halbrooks. It is part of her body of paintings and drawings exploring the relationships between birds. She notes, “In this drawing I pushed the size and scale of these geese to dramatize their shapes and the shape of space between the birds. I see this drawing as a gesture drawing, stressing the movement and evoking the sometimes comical and always gregarious nature of these birds.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Rochester School District.

About the Artist

Ohio-based artist Nancy Halbrooks creates figurative and abstract oil paintings, drawings, and prints. Many of her artworks feature imagery of birds and explore themes of endurance, adaptation, and community. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1977. She lived in Seattle for 22 years during the 1980s and 90s.