Voices of Experience - Nancy Tankersley

Tilghman Afternoon 12 x 12” Oil

“I am one of those artists who cannot be content painting one look or subject.”

Throughout her career, Nancy Tankersley has continuously challenged herself to create fresh and compelling work by tackling new subjects and exploring different techniques. Versatile in figurative, landscape and still life genres, Tankersley finds her inspiration more from the colors, shapes, values and mood of the scene than from the subject itself. As a primary founder of one of the most well-known plein air events, Plein Air Easton, she has assisted other beginning plein air events with her expertise and has participated in many as an artist. She is now turning her work more toward the studio where she can experiment further. Tankersley is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters. She is the recipient of multiple awards at both plein air events and juried exhibitions across the Un…