Nannerland.com // The Art of Nancy Desrosiers

Portrait of Vince Mars/Marionet-X

Here we go!!! Another painting done :D Its been months that I’m thinking of doing a huge painting. The reason why I didn’t started it yet is simply that I was wondering HOW I could save time by painting the black background with all those details. My answer : using black gesso canvas. Before starting [...]

Portrait of Shannon

Remember back in April I did a contest . People were submitting their picture and the person who had the highest number of “LIKES” (Facebook) would get an oil portrait of their submission painted on a canvas board. The winner is Tracy. She submitted a picture of her friend Shannon who passed away in December. When I [...]

Backstage painting

Back in 2009, I joined The Trews out west for 3 days while they were on tour with Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Rev Theory . This morning I was on YouTube and saw an amazing cover of the song “If I Had a Boat” by Brian Melo featuring Colin MacDonald of The Trews. It remind me when I was in Edmonton. [...]

Contest: Win an oil portrait

Win an 10×12 oil painting value of $300 APRIL 11 – MAY 14 2011 Choose a photo of yourself, family member or a friend that you like best. No group photo, only one person on the picture. The picture needs be a head to shoulders shot. Only one photo/submission is permitted. Keep in mind that people will [...]

Painting of Lisa

I’m moving pretty soon and since I have to pack and work..not much time left to paint but I didn’t want to stop painting. When I paint , nothing else exist.. no thinking, no over-thinking, no problems.. my mind is free. I needed to find a simple portrait (head / shoulder) with not much details to work [...]

Keith Nelson painting

Since the beginning of the year, you hear me talk about THE painting. Here we go.. now you can see the result. A year ago, I was browsing through Gene Schilling’s pictures @ http://musicimagesbygene.com and when I saw the picture of Keith Nelson from Buckcherry, I was like “That’s it. I want to paint that [...]

Real and painted

The other night, my friend Meladee sent me a message with this picture The photo on top half is of Brent Fitz from the Slash concert she shot in Winnipeg and at the bottom.. well.. it’s the painting I did. If you want to read the blog about the painting.. here’s the link http://nannerland.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/brent-fitz-on-drums When [...]

My rule in concert photography

It all start today on Facebook. I went to check Brad (Facebook friend) pictures he took of The Trews. I told him he had great shots and told me: “Your shots are what I strive for. I’ve used them many-a-time as a desktop image. I also follow what I call the “Nancy Rule” in that [...]

Photos: The Trews in Studio

Last summer, I’ve been asked If I could join The Trews in studio to set up a LIVE chat with the band & their fans and take pictures. I know I never really talk about it unless you follow me on twitter but I really had a great time @ The Bathhouse Studio. The live [...]

Xavier Muriel painting

Drummers are missing in my collection. It’s been a while I was looking for some live pictures of Xavier Muriel (Buckcherry drummer) to add to my painting collection (musicians). Lucky as I am (or call it picky if you want) I was looking for something specific and couldn’t find any and the ones I wanted [...]