ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: NANCYJEANETTE LONG
“I always knew she 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 often says, “Although my mother never had a day of art instruction, she had “the eye” of an artist.”
NancyJeanette’s early influences included Picasso, Renoir, and Matisse for their daring use of color and line to communicate beyond the surface of objects in our everyday world. This interest in communication of “inner subject” has become an integral part of her own work.
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 art at the Heritage School in Newnan, Ga 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.
Professional Memberships
- National Oil and Acrylic Painters
- Georgia Watercolor Society
- American Impressionist Society
- Atlanta Artists Center – Member of Excellence
- Monroe Walton Center for the Arts
- Cultural Arts Center of Douglasville / Douglas County
You can follow NancyJeanette on her website, Facebook, or Instagram:
Website: www.disRemembering.com
Facebook: NancyJeanetteArt
Instagram: @nancyjtte
