About
Nanc Gordon is an award-winning fine art painter who works in watercolor and acrylic. She is a signature member of The Southwestern Watercolor Society.
Nanc is inspired by the natural world. From the Canadian Rockies to the Florida Everglades, she pursues the beauty of flowers and plants, bringing graceful botanicals inside to reconnect us with nature and create a sense of calm in a hectic world. Nanc is passionate about design and driven by the need to challenge herself.
Striking colors, exquisite patterns and surprising textures find their way into her paintings and contemporary graphic paintings. Her work transforms complex compositions into clean, contemporary designs, each seeking to communicate the essential characteristics of the inspiration.
Originally from Boston, MA, Nanc attended Parsons School of Design in New York earning a BFA. She worked for many years as a graphic designer in New York and Boston before receiving a certificate in decorative painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. Nanc owned a decorative painting business that specialized in floorcloths and furniture in Boston. After a move to Dallas, TX, Nanc decided to become a fine art painter and hasn’t looked back.
Her current work includes an upcoming leaf series.
solo EXHIBIT
2021 Goodrich Gallery, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Group Exhibits
2023 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 60th Membership Exhibition, Dallas, TX - First Place
2023 Women in Watercolor, 4th Annual International Juried Competition - Honorable Mention
2022 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 59th Membership Exhibition, Plano, TX - Lou Bono Memorial Award
2022 art214, Mayor’s Office Exhibit, Dallas, TX
2022 art214, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2022 Watercolor Art Society - Houston, International Exhibition, Houston, TX
2021 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 58th Membership Exhibition, Allen, TX - Signature Status
2021 Society of Watercolor Artists, International Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2020 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 57th Membership Exhibition, Allen, TX
2020 American Women Artists, Spring Online Juried Show
2019 Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, TX - Artist of the Month
2019 Global Reflections, Art, the Universal Language , The Gallery at Courtyard, Plano, TX
2019 Society of Watercolor Artists Members’ Exhibition, Fort worth, TX
2019 Chaos!!!! Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 34th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving, TX - Third Place Watercolor
2019 Plano Art Association Members’ Show, Plano, TX - First Place 2D
2019 Calm to Chaos; Light to Dark, Winter to Spring, The Gallery at North Haven Gardens, Dallas, TX
2018 Global Reflections, Art, the Universal Language, The Gallery at Courtyard, Plano, TX
2018 Botanical Portraiture: A Modern Take On Classic Still Life - Featured Artist
The Gallery at North Haven Gardens, Dallas, TX
2017 125SHOW2017 - The Plano Art Association, Plano, TX - Merit Award
2016 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 53rd Membership Exhibition, Richardson, TX
2016 Richardson Civic Arts Society, Membership Exhibition, Richardson, TX
2015 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 52nd Membership Exhibition, Richardson, TX
2015 Texas Visual Arts Association, Members Exhibition , Plano, TX
2015 Texas Visual Arts Association, Reflections Exhibition, Mesquite, TX
2014 Southwestern Watercolor Society, 51st Membership Exhibition, Richardson, TX
2014 The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Membership Exhibition, Dallas, TX
Awards
First Place - Southwestern Watercolor Society, 2023
Honorable Mention, 4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Competition, 2023
Lou Bono Memorial Award, Southwestern Watercolor Society, 2022
Signature status - Southwestern Watercolor Society, 2021
First Place 2D, The Plano Art Association Membership’ Show, 2019
Third Place, The 34th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, 2019
Merit Award 2D, The Plano Art Association 125SHOW2017
Southwest Art Magazine Award, Southwestern Watercolor Society, 2016
Memberships
American Women Artists, Associate with Distinction
Southwestern Watercolor Society, Signature member
American Watercolor Society
Education
BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Certificate in Decorative Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI