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, oil painting 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, Donna Zaggota, Lana Grow 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:

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 ART ATTACK!  Open Studio toar at Gallery G
2007		Featured speaker and demonstration artist at March MNWS meeting Painting Chicago Dazzle chosen for 2007 Courage Card BUS STOP premiers at Gallery G Northstar Watercolor Society - 4 Artists Paint the Weisman -- exhibit and demo artist.
2008		Best of Show for Cityscape:Nicollet Mall, Artists del Norte Northern Showcase juried competition, Blaine, MN Cityscape X3 at the NKB -- participating artist and demonstation Attained MNWS signature status The Road Less Travelled, group show at The Depot, Red Wing, MN Honorable Mention for Cedar-Riverside, Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit Benefit To End Homelessness, group exhibit and sale, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2009		Honorable mention for Rain, MNWS spring juried exhibit at Minnetonka Center for the Arts Demo Duos at NKB, painting demonstration Minnesota State Fair juried Fine Arts exhibit, Beauty School aka Aveda Girls Benefit to End Homelessnes, group exhibit and sale at Traffic Zone gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010		Foot-In-The-Door Exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art -- Bus Stop Collage Art A Whirl at the Northrup King Building - special events at Gallery G Stone Arch Festival -- juried art exhibit Art work Twins Dazzle commissioned for 2010 Courage Card

Currently I am a member of the Minnesota Watercolor Society, 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.