About the Artist

Nancy is an award-winning artist with a deep passion for painting and creative expression. Her work is shaped by ongoing exploration—of subject matter, materials, and technique—and guided by a belief that creative growth often comes from staying open to the unexpected.
Rather than working within a single, fixed style, Nancy’s practice moves fluidly between realism and abstraction, often blending the two to create work that feels dynamic and expressive. She works primarily in watercolour and acrylic, continually refining her skills while allowing space for experimentation and discovery. Her paintings have been featured in numerous juried exhibitions.
Since October 2022, Nancy has also been exploring hand-built pottery, adding a tactile, three-dimensional dimension to her creative practice. This newer medium has become a source of both challenge and enjoyment, further expanding the ways she engages with form, process, and creative play.

Exhibitions

Galleries

Past Juried Shows

Kelowna Artscape
Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
October 10-13, 2025

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Beauty Is In…’
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
March 2 – March 16, 2024
First Place for ‘Rinsed and Ready’

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Beauty Is In…’
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
March 4 – March 25, 2023
First Place for ‘Waiting for Mom’

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Beauty Is In…’
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
March 12 – April 2, 2022

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Beauty Is In…’
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
May 15 – June 12, 2021

Solo Show – A Multitude of Muses
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
September 7 – October 5, 2019

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Spring Palette’
The Art Gallery Osoyoos
8713 Main St., Osoyoos, BC
March 10 – March 31, 2018
Honourable Mention for ‘Great Blue’

Oasis 2015, Juried Show
Rotary Centre for the Arts
Kelowna BC
June 1 – June 30, 2015
Honourable Mention for ’27 Olds’

South Okanagan Naturalist Club & Penticton Museum Presents
‘South Okanagan Impressions’
Penticton Museum & Archives
785 Main St., Penticton, BC
November 23 – December 20, 2012

Lindsay Gallery Annual Juried Show
190 Kent St. W., 2nd Floor
Lindsay, ON
June 30 – July 27, 2011
Honourable Mention for ‘Jumble of Pears’

Triptych 2011
Shatford Centre
760 Main St., Penticton, BC
June 17 – July 27, 2011

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘For the Love of Art’
Handworks Gallery
97th St., Oliver BC
July 3 – July 31, 2010

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Spring Renewal’
Summerland Art Gallery
Summerland, BC
March 18 – May 1, 2010
Best in Show for ‘Camouflage’

FCA Vancouver Juried Show ‘Capturing the Canadian Spirit 2010’
FCA Gallery, Granville Island
Vancouver, BC
January 26 – February 28, 2010

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Serendipity’
Osoyoos Art Gallery
Osoyoos, BC
October 2009

FCA-SOS Juried Show ‘Summer Sensations’
Leir House, Penticton, BC
July, 2009
Honourable Mention for ‘Still Standing’

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Osoyoos, BC


nancygrayart@gmail.com

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