Richmond, Va. artist, Nancy Mauck received her B.A. degree in Studio Art from Sweet Briar College in 1983. Her advanced work has included studies in portraiture with artists Daniel Greene and Everette Raymond Kinstler. Mauck has also had the opportunity to study with well known award winning artists Michael Shane Neal and Dawn Whitelaw, and she considers their instruction invaluable to her career as an increasingly popular and recognized Virginia artist.

Mauck puts a great deal of time into capturing as accurate a likeness as possible of her commissioned subjects, while at the same time remaining focused on maintaining beautiful color and strong design inherent in a quality work of art. Her interest in capturing the drama of light as it effects her figures and form is evident in all of her portraits, whether an oil or a pastel.

Mauck's recent accomplishments in the field of portraiture include being chosen to complete commissions of the following Virginia notables: Virginia Supreme Court Justice, Bernard Goodwyn, Governor Timothy Kaine (private collection, the Kaine family), Dr. Campbell Stalker, retiring Surgical Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Board at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va., Dr. Charles Crockett, Director of Medical Education at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Assistant Dean of University of Virginia School of Medicine., Mr. Julious P. Smith, Jr., Chairman, Williams Mullen in Richmond, Va., Mr. Philip De Butts Rome, deceased attorney and shareholder at Williams Mullen, for whom a board room was recently dedicated, Mr. Royal Cabell, Trustee Hampden-Sydney College, and Mr. Thomas Jamison, collection of Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Va., to name a few. She was recently named as one of five artists selected by Virginia Commonwealth University to participate in a major historical project for the University. The artists have collectively painted the portraits of all seventeen of VCU's retired and deceased rectors, to hang as part of a permanent collection at the University.

Mauck is an active member of Oil Painters of America and The Portrait Society of America. Mauck was awarded Honorable Mentions in both the Portrait Society of America's 2008 and 2009 Member Showcase Competitions. She was awarded a portfolio prize in the PSOA's 2009 Portfolio Competition, and won an award for Best Portfolio in the 2010 Portrait Competition. Mauck was recently named a semi-finalist in the 2010 Bethesda Painting Awards competition (jurors included Dr. Carolyn K. Carr, deputy director and chief curator of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.). In her free time she enjoys painting the landscape en plein air in both pastels and oils, and is a member of Richmond Va.'s plein air painting group, The Jack Woodson Sketch Club. For more information, please contact the artist directly at 804-285-2667, or e-mail: nancy@mauckportraits.com.

Nancy C. Mauck Fine Art Portraits

102 S. Ridge Road Richmond, VA 23229
(804)285-2667
nancy@mauckportraits.com