Nancy Jean
Nancy Jean is clearly someone who plans on doing a lot of things while on this planet.
Before she started painting, Jean studied to be an illustrator, went on to work in advertising, and started her own design and illustration business. There she designed products, packaging, toys and illustrated five children’s books. She then decided to study painting at the San Francisco Art institute. In 2001, she moved to the East Coast and became a full-time professional artist.
She started showing her artwork at the Atelier Gallery in Asheville, NC, with great success. When the gallery opened a space on Lower King Street in Charleston, her farm landscapes were warmly received in the new market. Gallery owner, Gabrielle Egan remarks, “Nancy is someone who has never met a stranger; from the first time I spoke to her on the phone I felt as though she was an old friend. Within a week we had a selection of her inspired farms.”
Her works seem to echo has personality. Her signature farm landscapes portray a calm countryside with lush green foregrounds and blue skies. Sometimes, she also layers acrylic with water and lets the colors drip, creating a more avant-garde composition. Egan describes Nancy Jean’s paintings as, “simple, nostalgic and modern all at the same time. I think her work connects with people on many levels. Some grew up in farm country, others are from the city and want to be reminded of a slower pace and a simpler time.” Jean credits Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, and Walt Disney as her influences. She adds, “Growing up in Michigan gives me great fodder for my farms as well as my imagined dreamscapes.”
A statement Nancy Jean lives by: “everyone deserves access to beautiful, meaningful art.”
Atelier Gallery Charleston
153 King Street
843.722.5668
www.theateliergalleries.com
words: Colleen Deihl
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