About the Artist
Nancy Taylor Stonington was born and raised in Suffern, New York. She attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where she graduated with honors in 1966. She was awarded a NDEA fellowship for graduate work in Physical Geography and received her M.A. from the University of Colorado in 1969.
In 1971 Nancy moved to Sitka, where she began painting full-time. It was here that she developed her love for watercolor mediums. For the next 30 years she traveled extensively throughout Alaska.
Nancy continues to paint on location and from her studio/home on Vashon Island near Seattle, as well as from her ranch in Sisters, Oregon. She and her husband Chuck Beatie enjoy working on their land, raising and planting trees, and tending to their many animals.
Learn more at nancystonington.com.