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:
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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 |
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One-woman exhibit and Studio Open House, November |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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Honorable Mention - Bus Stop On Central - Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit
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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.