About Nancy's Bio Resume
I am a fine artist
& illustrator specializing in detailed
ink drawings combined with delicate watercolors.
I started drawing
at a young age and never
stopped.
Although I didn't grow up with pets in our home,
I always loved animals. "Green Eyes" was a
toy cat that was my good buddy.
While, growing up inConnecticut, Maine always felt
like a second home to me for I spent every summer
on the Maine coast with my family at the cottage
of our wonderful grandparents.
Studying art the University of Connecticut,
I graduated with a BFA . I majored in oil painting
and gravitated towards the intimacy of
watercolors and pen & ink.
Upon graduating,
I set out with my drawing books,
pens and paints to discover the world around me
and realized that art is my life.
As a struggling
artist, I bounced around between
the city (Boston), the sea and the country.
I first lived in Boston where I recorded my
everyday observations in my drawing books.
I walked everywhere and was fascinated by
the architecture, the diversity of people and
finding nature amid the concrete.
A stark contrast
from Boston was when a
friend introduced me to Martha's Vineyard.
The clean air, charming gingerbread cottages
in Oak Bluffs, beauty of nature and the sea
and the slower pace of life inspired me.
That was a lovely diversion but then I
was back in the city.
When the city
became too much, I moved
to the country where I shared an art studio
at the Farmington Valley ArtsCenter in
Avon, Connecticut.
It was in an old brownstone gunpowder
factory, nestled in the woods,that had
been converted into an art center.
My love
of the sea led me to Marblehead,
where I had a little art show and met
David, who bought one of my paintings.
David and I married and lived in
Collinsville, Connecticut with our cat, Lily.
Then upon moving to Kennebunkport Maine,
we opened the Cooper Funk Gallery in 1980
to display our art. The gallery also became
know as Maine Memories in 1996 when
David created our website :
www.mainememories.com
click here to read more
about the studio and gallery.
We live with
Polly, Ellie May and Brody,
our 3 wonderful cats with very distinct
personalities.
.
You can see more about our cats and
other furry friends including a tribute to
Polly & Pumpkin.
David and I built our own house & studio.
David also designed, planted & tends the
beautiful perennial gardens surrounding
our home.
Ellie May, my
studio cat, and I work
together everyday. From our windows,
we have a bird's eye view of the gardens
and can observe all of the little critters that
visit the yard...chipmunks, woodchucks,
squirrels,and the birds.
An inspiration for both of us!
©Nancy
Cooper Funk
Nancy Cooper
Funk
PO Box 566A
Kennebunkport
ME 04046 USA
207 967-2568
www.nancycooperfunk.com
also visit my other websites:
www.mainememories.com
www.paintingsofpets.com
BLOGS:
FURRY AND FEATHERED
FRIENDS BLOG
furryandfeatheredfriends.blogspot.com
MY ART STUDIO BLOG
(see what I'm working on)
mainememoriesstudio.blogspot.com
A BLOG OF MAINE MEMORIES
(reflections of Maine)
mymainememories.blogspot.com
