Nancy Griffith

Born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, Nancy was fortunate to experience the beauty of four different seasons and the adventure of a small New England town environment. Always loving to draw and paint, she spent a majority of time trying to represent her surroundings on paper or canvas. Nancy’s art skills were nurtured by art teachers throughout her life and after receiving an associate degree in commercial art she decided to pursue a BS degree in art and physical education from Averett College in Danville, Virginia. While teaching in Richardson, Texas, she attended North Texas University in pursuit of a master’s degree in art education.

Nancy married and moved to Austin, Texas where she raised 2 children and retired from teaching in public schools after 30 years. She continues to teach art at the Art Museum of Austin, illustrate cookbooks, children, poetry books, do murals on walls, freelance art projects for individuals and often donate art to auctions to help raise money for worthy organizations.

Nancy’s first art book called 25 Unique Art Projects is helping art teachers and students that she mentors for.  Her future plans are to continue to enjoy creating using her art skills and one day move to the country and paint her master piece.