About Spencer
The first paintings to truly “move” me were The Hudson River School paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Standing there, in the American Wing, overwhelmed by the sheer size of Thomas Cole’s and Frederic Church’s luminous celebrations of open land, I felt wholly immersed in nature, in absolute awe of it, and determined to protect it. The Hudson River School’s emphasis on land conservation, and later, the exploration of the virgin west, through art, is what guides my work today.
I believe that art has the ability to transcend language, location, and demographics to connect people to place; to foster a sense of community within that place; and to develop the kind of emotional relationships that encourage education about, and exploration and preservation of, the natural land. It’s my hope that anyone who finds my work is moved by the beauty of our natural world; that they, too, feel an urgent responsibility to protect it, for generations to come.
For over a decade, my compositions have advocated for the profound importance of our natural world by focusing on preserved lands and protected water sources in both Pennsylvania’s Brandywine River Valley region and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Alongside my ongoing work, I’ve painted commissions for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, the Nantucket Historic Association, the Brandywine Conservancy, the Buck and Doe Trust, and the Cheshire Land Preservation Fund, each with the mission to raise conservation awareness and promote the stewardship of natural resources among their respective communities.
Curriculum Vitae
SPENCER VERNEY, ARTIST
2017- Present
Professional artist working in the medium of oil paint with a focus on landscapes, portraits and commissions.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Solo Show - The Green Market Farm, Nantucket, MA
Solo Show - Silo Gallery, Nantucket, MA
‘The Canvas Horse’ - Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation
Farmer & Co, Unionville, PA
2023
‘The Canvas Horse’ - Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation, Unionville, PA
PASCON & Marla Ceely Lamb Fund art show, Nantucket, MA
2022
Solo show - Farmer & Co, Unionville, PA
2021
Solo show - Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Solo show - Design Trade Resources, Devon, PA
2020
Solo Show - Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2019
Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Star Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
2018
Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Classical American Homes Preservation Trust & Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, New York, NY
Nantucket Looms, Nantucket, MA
2017
'Winter Party', The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, New York, NY
'Art Imitates Life', Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Looms, Nantucket, MA
'Juried Exhibition', Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, Nantucket, MA
SELECT COMMISSIONS
Cheshire Hunt Conservancy, 2024
Sconset Trust, 2023
Plantation International Horse Trials, 2023
Cheshire Hunt Conservancy, 2023
Nantucket Historic Association, “Nantucket in The Time of COVID19”, 2022
Sconset Trust, 2022
Nantucket Conservation Foundation, 2019
PARTNERS
Nantucket Looms, Nantucket, MA (2017 – Present)
Farmer & Co, Unionville, PA (2022 – Present)
Charish.com, 2022 – Present
1stDibs.com, 2022 – Present
Soil & Oak, 2024 – Present
AFFILIATIONS
Buck & Doe Trust (Board Member, 2024 -)
Brandywine Conservancy
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Nantucket Artists Association
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA)
EDUCATION
The Florence Academy of Art, 2019
Eckerd College, 2010