Nancy-lynne Hughes
When you love what you do and do what you love it never feels like ‘work’, says Hughes. Nancy’s works predominantly in acrylic but also enjoys other mediums.
Her favorite subject is the local landscape; be that the intimate view of a beautiful flower, a flower garden, a bed of river rocks, or the vastness of the prairies around her.
She looks for those moments when the changing light turns the ordinary to the extraordinary and strives to capture and share those breath taking moments.
In addition to painting at her home studio Nancy has been teaching art at private teaching studios in Calgary for over 25 years.
She is currently the owner of Hughes on Tenth, art classes & gallery offering art classes, workshops and painting holidays to students of all ages in all mediums.
In January of 2014 Nancy moved to a new SE Calgary location with Kensington Art Supply to open the biggest and best art supply and instruction facility in the city J.
Nancy’s works hang in collections in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Australia, the United States and across Canada
Some of Nancy’s Art Show Experience:
Cowichan Valley Arts Fair, Duncan BC – 2nd Place in Watercolor Division Parksville Art Fair – Honorable Mention – Watercolor Division
Heritage Park, Calgary – Two man show with artist Gerry Shapter House of Hues Gallery, Calgary
Westlands Gallery, Calgary Calgary Real Estate Board - Juried show – calendar competition
Cover Feature – Jack Tenants Business News in Calgary Invermere, BC – Artists Showcase Northern Lights Gallery, Calgary,
Interpretations Artists Association - 1990 – 2000 Founding Member - 10 consecutive years Fall Gala Show & Spring Show
Procope Restaurant & Gallery, Vancouver, BC Art in the Park – Okotoks, Alberta
Art in The Parks - Red Deer, AB – outdoor art fair Calgary Stampede - Western Art Sales Salon, 2001 Calgary Stampede – Western Art Auction, 2002
Udderly Art - Colorful Cows for Calgary – painted two bovine beauties - Colliers International and EFW Radiology
Rose Hip Gallery, Water Valley, AB/Calgary – 2002 – 2004 Inaugural Calgary Show February 2004
Fall 2005 Art Show & Sale Winter 2007 to 2010 Art Show & Sale 1984 – Present Fall and Spring Art Show for students at Parkdale Community Association
Montgomery Community Association Student Art Show & Sale, May and November 2010 Centennial Gallery, Calgary: Member 2006 to 2008
Prestige Gallery, Okotoks, 2008 Gallery 213 May 2009 Showcase Gallery at Swinton’s Art Supply and Instruction
Hughes on Tenth, art classes & gallery, 2010 – 2013 Framed on Fifth, November 2013 Hughes Fine Art, November 2014
Memberships & Associations & Other
Cherry Point Artists Association, Duncan BC – former member Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary AB – former member
Interpretations Artists Association, Calgary AB – founding/former member Rose Hip Gallery’s Collective of Artists – founding member
Toastmasters International – 2000 to Present – ATM Gold, CL Curator – “The Dream Lives On” – Canada wide art competition for AVRO Museum
Juror – Cochrane Art Show & Kirby Centre Art Show Guest Speaker/ Demonstration Artist/Critic – Kaleidoscope Art Group, Calgary Sketch Club, Olds Art Club,
Calgary Community Painters, Crescent View Artists Association
Some of Nancy’s Charitable Donations include
Liver Foundation Kidney Foundation Stetsons Show Band Okotoks Rotary Club Auction for Stars Air Ambulance
Pinebrook Ladies Charity Golf Tournament Foothills Academy Children’s Wish Foundation Missing Children's Association
Calgary Sun’s Sunshine Fund Canadian Red Cross Safe Haven Foundation Wings of Hope Canadian Police Association
WOR Veterans Memorial Prostate Cancer Foundation Make-A-Wish Foundation In From the Cold