Born in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Nancy was raised in a very active, athletic, and artistic family. She spent her early years in Somerton, PA. involved in many activities including gymnastics, ballet, ice skating, skiing, surfing, windsurfing and racing small sailboats in the back bays of southern New Jersey where she spent her summers. Nancy raced in both the International Moth Class and Laser Class sailboat from her early childhood. She still enjoys sailing as well as teaching sailing to this day. Her father, a gymnastics and sailing coach, along with her mother who was both a sailor and an artist gave her an early start in the things that are now her passion.
Along with her very early art training from her mother and others in her family who are also artists, Nancy studied art at Temple University. She now lives with her family in the quaint little village of Mauricetown, New Jersey. This historic town built by Sea Captains, situated along the scenic Maurice River, off the Delaware Bay is the perfect setting for Nancy. She live in a home that was originally owned by a Sea Captain back in the 1850's. She is surrounded by water and wildlife where she enjoys gardening in her extensive cottage style gardens. Her love of sailing, nature and history is clear in all her work. Along with painting and photography she is also a children's book author, with two published books to her credit that she both wrote and illustrated and is working on a third. Her books, 'May the Magnificent Lighthouse' and 'Hereford the Handsome Lighthouse' are written for the very young and young at heart alike. They teach both the history of the lighthouses(Cape May and Hereford Inlet Lighthouse) as well as the importance of working together to protect our rich maritime history. Nancy also operates a small art gallery next to her home called Bayberry Cottage Gallery. In addition to her artistic and creative endeavors she helps manage the East Point Lighthouse in Cumberland County, along the southern bayshore of New Jersey.
Nancy Patterson joined Fine Art America on July 18th, 2011.
