MAGallery Artist

"I always knew I wanted to be a painter," says NancyJeanette. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, her art journey began at an early age when she began painting with her mother. She remembers, "Although my mother never had a day of art instruction, she had "the eye" of an artist."

NancyJeanette attended Texas Christian University, University of Texas, Indiana University and East Tennessee State University, where she studied languages and received advanced degrees in French, Slavic Linguistics, and Early Childhood Education and took "a few art classes along the way". After completing her degrees, she studied art at University of West Georgia. She taught K4 - 12 art at the Heritage School in Newnan, Georgia for over a decade.

Her early work concentrated on oil and pastel paintings which were shown in local galleries and art fairs. Today she works exclusively in acrylics and pastel, enjoying the freedom and versatility they allow for experimentation with color, texture, and application. She has studied with Tom Powers, Charles Reid, Everett Kinsler, Anne Emerson Hall, Diana Tomo, David Boyd Jr., James Richards, Laura Lanford, Ingrid Christiansen, and Maggie Siner. NancyJeanette is currently teaching acrylic painting at the MWCA in Monroe, Georgia. Her works have received awards in numerous national juried art shows and her work regularly appears in exhibitions throughout the Southern region of the United States.