About The Artist

Nancy was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1954 and began her art-making pursuits at a very young age. In 1976 she earned a BFA in painting and creative writing from Bowling Green State University, then worked as a substitute art teacher in Arizona before moving to Seattle in 1978. Due to a lack of viable work in teaching and artist’s fields, she became a locomotive engineer for Burlington Northern Santa Fe while remaining devoted to her painting practice. From 1980 until her retirement in 2014 she experienced the Northwest from the unique and challenging perspective of the driver’s seat of a freight train. When away from the railroad, Nancy took full advantage of the surrounding wild country; hiking, backpacking, and skiing in the mountains, then depicting what she saw and experienced in her paintings. Her work is influenced and inspired by many artists and techniques, including Emily Carr and the Canadian Group of Seven, abstract expressionism, and contemporary urban art. Her paintings have won numerous awards and are included in many private collections including Microsoft. Nancy currently works at her home studio and divides her time between Prescott, in northwestern Arizona, and Copalis Beach, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Contact- nancyjmclaughlin@gmail.com Website- https://nancyjmclaughlin.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nancyjmclaughlin/