"With my eyes, hands and media,
I try to portray the presence of Our Creator."

"By playing with shadows, dark against light, in a charcoal portrait, of a human figure or an architectural form; from cool to warm in a pastel, oil, watercolor, or acrylic of a nature scene; harmonious and complimentary colors in a floral painting; nature scenes, the human figure, or other artist's created forms tell me how to portray them - carefully realistically and/or spontaneously distorted."

Born in Fallon, Nevada, raised in St. Joseph, Missouri. Traveled in Europe, Japan, Canada, and the United States. Nancy has lived in Colorado since 1970. She believes that these environments influence her art works. She finds it inspiring to work with other artists, out on location, or in her home studio, where she has hosted many art shows.

She has worked in acrylic, bronze, charcoal, pastel, photography, oil and watercolor media. Her paintings have been accepted local Colorado art shows. She is a founding member of the Benson Art Gallery (now known as Art on Mountain Gallery) in Fort Collins.

In 1999, Nancy recieved her Colorado Professional Teacher License in Art. She has taught art to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade studens in Denver and Berthoud, Colorado. Her art education studies have been at University of Northern Colorado; Colorado State University, B.A.; Colorado University, Denver; Northwest Missouri University; and Missouri Western State College.

Her art classes and workshops outside the United States have been in Castigliion Florentine, Italy; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Kyoto, Japan.