Join us on Sunday, November 16, 2025, from 2–4 PM, when all are invited for a reception and Hand-Coloring Inkjet Demo by Nancy, when she will reveal her simple techniques.  Almost as easy as paint-by-number, her simple techniques will be revealed. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public. Meet the artist, hear about her creative process, and watch a live demonstration of hand-coloring techniques on inkjet photographs. This interactive event offers a unique opportunity to experience the artistry behind the work and ask questions about the methods and inspiration. Nancy will also walk the exhibit to point out the various techniques that are being used.

This show celebrates the blend of photography with mixed media layered techniques in both the front gallery and Conti Family Community Room. It showcases collage, cell phone–manipulated images, and hand-colored inkjet photographs, bringing new textures, colors, and layers of meaning to each image.

“In this body of work, I explore the ways in which images can move beyond a single image that was captured on location to something deeper with more layered meaning. My photographs become the foundation for further manipulation either by apps on my phone or by hand with various art materials. Techniques included in the exhibit are collage, hand-coloring, and digital manipulation. The hand-applied materials allow textures, shapes, and further interpretation of each image. The process is one of layering traditional art materials like pastel and watercolor, sometimes with natural elements like leaves and organic textures. The result is a blend of layered materials to elevate the statement of each image,” Ori said.

Each piece invites the viewer to slow down, look deeper to consider how the elements, phone apps, or added materials enhance each story.

BIO: 

Nancy J. Ori’s work has been widely collected and exhibited in museums & galleries throughout the globe. Her work is in permanent museum and corporate collections internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.  Along with exhibiting her own work, Ori has curated and juried hundreds of exhibits for a wide variety of venues and organizations internationally.

She was taught by Ansel Adams and then affiliated for many years with the Ansel Adams Workshop in CA as a teaching assistant. She then started her own workshop company for photography and other mediums and invited dozens of art teachers to join her in Cape May, NJ to teach workshops each spring for 28 years. 

Nancy obtained a BA degree in Fine Arts from Elmira College, Elmira, NY and an MS degree in Visual Communications from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.  She worked for 25 years for Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Pharmaceuticals as their in-house corporate photographer and manager of Video and Photography Services.

In 1994, she founded the New Jersey Photography Forum, which over the years under Ori’s direction, has become the largest and most recognized group of fine art exhibiting photographers in the state. Since 2001, Ori has been the owner of New Jersey Media Center, LLC in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey where she continues to do product, portrait, and food photography.  She also enjoys teaching photography globally as well as exhibiting her fine art photographs. 

Even though Nancy has many portfolios with a variety of techniques, her themes of strong composition, nature, architecture, mixed media, and her love of trees and beauty in the landscape run throughout the entire body of work. Everything is for sale and a portion of the proceeds will be given to the New Providence Memorial Library.

Visit her website at https://www.nancyorifineart.com/