As early as I can remember growing up in Ohio, I've been making pictures, first drawings of imaginary friends and little books, then more complicated paintings and illustrations.

I graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education. After college, I taught elementary art in Lake Zurich, IL and worked as a package designer in the Chicago area.

After I was married and my children were born, I worked as a free-lance artist, first in Chicago, and then during moves with my family in Hendersonville, NC and in Evesham Township, NJ. During this period I worked as a package designer and did product illustration and advertising. I also wrote and illustrated several children's stories which were published in magazines.

Since moving to the Minneapolis area in 1990, I have done pen and ink illustrations of houses, wood-cut prints, greeting card illustrations, and renewed my interest in watercolor painting, acrylics and collage. I have studied painting with local and national artists including Karen Knutson, Karlyn Holman, Cheng-Khee Chee, Arne Westerman, John Salminen, Eric Weigardt, Don Andrews and Robert Burridge. I have taught classes through the Plymouth fine Arts Council, Minnetonka Center for the Arts and at my studio/gallery.

Some recent awards and accomplishments include:

2000		Artwork The Nativity selected for a Courage Card 2000 One-woman exhibit at the Edina Public Library One-woman show and Studio Open House in Plymouth, MN People's Choice Award - Three Pears - Minnesota Watercolor Society's Fall Juried Show
2001		One-woman exhibit and Studio Open House, November
2002		Award of Excellence -Third Avenue - Hopkins Center for the Arts, Members Juried Fall Show Peoples Choice Award -Third Avenue - Hopkins Center for the Arts Members Juried Fall Show Honorable Mention - Cerebus Guards the Gate - Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Open Show Jury Selection of River City at Minnesota State Fair
2003		Second Place - Venus d'Minneapolis - Artists of Minnesota Spring Show Award of Merit - Artists of Minnesota Mini Show Honorable Mention - Gloria Waiting, Too - Hopkins Center for the Arts Members Spring Show Artwork We Are the World selected for 2003 Courage Card
2004		Honorable Mention - Venus d'Minneapolis - Hopkins Center for the Arts, Members Spring Exhibit Award of Excellence -Lola Loqueteux - Plymouth Fine Arts Council's Primavera Award of Merit and Creative Originality Award - Jewels - Artists of Minnesota Spring Show First Place - View of the City - Artists of Minnesota Mini Show Best of Show- Unity- Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition
2005		Artwork Minneapolis Dazzle chosen for 2005 Courage Card Artwork New York City Dazzle chosen for 2005 Courage Card Featured artist for Art On The Town at Artistic Indulgence Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Grand Opening of Gallery G and the Nancy Carney Studio in The Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
2006		Honorable Mention - Bus Stop On  Central - Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit
2007		Minnesota Watercolor Society Member's Juried Show at Minnetonka Center for the Arts Plymouth Fine Arts Council Primavera juried exhibit Featured speaker and demonstration artist at March MNWS meeting

Currently I am a member of the Minnesota Watercolor Society, Artists of Minnesota, The Northstar Watercolor Society, Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association and I regularly exhibit with these groups and participate in a variety of art fairs, exhibits and cultural events each year.

My original paintings and prints are available through this website and at my studio/gallery in northeast Minneapolis: Gallery G in the Northrup King Building, Studio #256, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Call the studio at 612-961-7075 for gallery hours or see www.northrupkingbuilding.com for more information.