Nancy Maxfield

"Twelve Months of Prosperity 2"

Watercolor, Gouache & Gold Leaf

22” x 30”

$2,500

"Poppy #7"

Watercolor on Paper

11"x 14"

$300

"Coral Tree"

Watercolor on Paper

18" x24"

$450

"Fireworks"

Watercolor on Paper

12"x 16"

$300

"Just a Flower"

Watercolor on Paper

11"x 14"

$300

"Bird of Paradise"

Collage

10" x 12"

$450

"Dianne Gardiner's Cup"

Collage

10" x 12"

SOLD

About the Artist

As a child, my right brain was definitely training to become an artist. What form of art hadn’t been picked yet, but I was exercising everything. I played the piano, the guitar and the violin. For most of my first eighteen years, I took tap dance, modern jazz dance and ballet lessons. I went to the University of Utah, off and on, for six years. I studied literature, English, philosophy, anthropology, graphic design and architecture. I never graduated. I just couldn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up.

When my children went to grade school, I signed up for a co-op program. The parents would literally teach everything except math & English (they just helped out with those subjects). I taught music for a few years, and then got into the art curriculum. I was mesmerized in the amazing world of artists and paint. The more I taught, the more I learned. I separated from my husband in 1996. That’s the year I really started painting seriously. My art helped and healed me. The marriage door closed, but that art door opened up. 

In 1996, I joined the Utah Watercolor Society and started my life as an “artist” and a volunteer art slave!  I served on the UWS Board for 14 years in several positions including Education Coordinator (booking monthly meetings), Shows & Awards, Vice-President (in charge of workshops), President (in charge of everything).  From 2004-2010 I was Utah’s Delegate to the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.  In May of 2010, I was the chairperson when Utah hosted this prestigious event with juried art from all over the world.

I've be doing watercolors since 1995. I understand the medium and do some of my best work with water. In 2000, I started working with acrylics & oil paint.  Since then, I've been branching out and trying lots of different media.  Jewelry and magnetic pins are fun and I love collage; using watercolor & acrylic on rice paper, tearing and cutting my designs and landscapes, then pasting them down.  Art frees my creativity and imagination.