Nancy Jacey – Fine Art

Biography: Nancy Jacey, CPSA, UKCPS, UKCPSO, NAWA, is a native of Richmond, Virginia and had a love for drawing and illustration from a young age. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a  BFA in Studio Art from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2002, earned her MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2004 and also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the UK Coloured Pencil Society, the National Association of Women Artists, Inc., and a recognized member of the Allied Artists of America, the American Artists Professional League, American Women Artists and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Nancy is an award-winning published artist. Her work has been featured in Strokes of Genius, Art & Color 365 Magazine, American Art Collector, CP Treasures, COLOR Magazine and on a video billboard in Times Square in New York. Other notable publications are Colored Pencil Magazine, the Richmond Times Dispatch and The Directory of Illustration. Her work has been exhibited in prestigious galleries including the Butler Institute of American Art (OH), The Salmagundi Club (NY), One Art Space (NY), Bargehouse (London), Almenara Art Prize (Spain), Somnium Meum (Switzerland) and is a part of VCU Arts in Healthcare Permanent Collection (VA). In May 2024, Nancy was awarded the prestigious ArtField’s People’s Choice 2D $12,500 Award in Lake City, SC, and her work is permanently exhibited in their private collection.  In her free time, she teaches at her own studio, The Jacey Gallery LLC, in Richmond, Virginia and volunteers as an art instructor with Connor’s Heroes Foundation. 

Artist Statement: Every day I wake up inspired by the world around us: the colors, details and elements that make up our surroundings. I am fascinated by life’s details, and I like to reflect this in my everyday life and in my career as an artist. I constantly study and photograph the world around us and use these references and experiences, along with my own imagination, in my artwork. I like to vividly capture these personal interactions and bring them to life for my audience in large-scale oil, acrylic and colored pencil paintings. My sketching and color process is completed upside down instead of right side up. My colored pencil process takes many layers and hundreds of hours from start to completion. My goal is to use a vibrant, saturated and painterly style to create magical yet realistic moods in my artwork. In addition to working as a full-time artist, I am also a mother, small business owner and private art instructor.

Nancy’s exclusive agent is Scott Behler of River City Art and Antiques.  For more information on Nancy’s work or commissions, please contact Scott Behler at rivercityartandantiques@gmail.com