Born in New York City. Studied art with Rufino Tamayo at Dalton, Camillo Egas at The New School, and Jean Liberte at the Art Students Leagueall in New York City. Also received art training from Robert Friemark and Guy Pallazola at the Crystal Lake Art Center, Frankfort, Michigan, and from the Swiss impressionist, Hanseggar. Taught sculpture at Interlochen National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan. A painter and sculptor, the fluid lines characteristic of her style are sometimes organized into abstract compositions, but more often she avoids the purely non- objective and is primarily concerned with conveying the emotional essence of a subject or landscape through form and color. She assisted her late husband Roy Sparkia in designing and creating the Empire State Building illuminated panels depicting the 7 wonders of the world, and the 8ththe Empire State Building. These 5 x 7 crystal resin and stained glass panels were installed in the lobby in 1963. Renee Nemerov is the daughter of artist David Nemerov, sister of Howard Nemerov, former Poet Laureate of the United States, and noted photographer Diane Arbus. She is now married to artist Tom Brown.
25 Comments
Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 11 Feb 2006
beautiful mountains!! love the icy and snowlook in this great painting!!!!Nira Dabush 17 Jun 2005
great textures and unique coloursPeter Skov 10 Jun 2005
Most of your work has very strong colours but this one is different. Somehow I can feel a stronger connection to this painting than any of your others. It's really good.Cristina Marsi 07 Jun 2005
I really admire your skill with acrylics... great textures and great atmosphere :)Gail Nordlof 23 May 2005
Just beautiful! I could look at this for hours nonstop.Tabitha Borges 22 May 2005
Love the patterns and the the sky looks...steve running 17 May 2005
love this a lot!!Anonymous Guest 15 May 2005
I love this one.Loredana 13 Apr 2005
To me they look like snow capped mountains woweileen martin 10 Apr 2005
there are some beautiful hues and textures in this piece, it seems to come up off the page:)abdelmon mohamed 09 Apr 2005
I like this image 10/10Renate Janssen 09 Apr 2005
Beautiful colors and texturing!Peter Leahy 20 Nov 2004
very well doneKatie Hone 22 Aug 2004
These look like huge crystals...Jessica Evans 28 Jul 2004
what beautiful mountains! I love all the beautiful colors you put into this, instead of the snow just being white, you made this come alive by adding these beautiful colors! excellentGreg Rudman 27 Jul 2004
love this piece great work, nice one.William Boyer 26 Jul 2004
nice soft colors.Pat Abbott 24 Jul 2004
I like it.pf jones 24 Jul 2004
very nice, it has a very good ragged feel about it, pfjBluemoonshadow 24 Jul 2004
Very nice colour.. BlueMarie WingerMeyer 24 Jul 2004
Interesting repetition, surface texturing...Steven Smith 24 Jul 2004
Looks like a stormy sea, I would have done a brighter skyHilton Harris 24 Jul 2004
Nice work. Love the shading and color blending.sher richardson 24 Jul 2004
beautiful and flowing...adore these cooler colours... i love this direction renee... : )thea walstra 24 Jul 2004
I love the structures and the coloring of the mountains.