Nancy Beck received her B.F.A. from the University of Utah with a concentration in painting in 1978. After graduation, she moved to Rhode Island to work as an art director for Stricker and Co., an advertising company in Providence, RI. During this time she took drawing/painting courses at Rhode Island School of Design. She went on to become the art director for WJAR-TV,the NBC affiliate of Southern New England, where she was responsible for all on-air graphics, print material and promotional graphics. Her graphic work continued as she and her husband and three children moved from Rhode Island to Maine to New York and finally to the Philadelphia area.

Nancy always continued to paint and as time passed the balance between graphic art and fine art started to tip heavily toward painting. She began working at The Carol Schwartz Gallery, located in Chestnut Hill, PA, in 1998 and painting again in earnest. She has exhibited at juried shows at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Women in Art show, Woodmere Art Museum and the Hilton Head Art League. She was the recipient of the Alfred G.B. Steel prize in 2002.

Nancy works in oil paints, primarily on canvas or linen. Her subject matter is varied, consisting of beautiful florals,intimate still lives, land and seascapes and portraits, most frequently of wonderful and beloved pets. "I am a representational painter who looks for the nugget within each subject that inspires me to want to paint it. I try to create the light I see at daybreak on the harbor water, to capture the mood within a person, to show the delicacy of a beautiful, old china teacup or the loveliness of a rose. My graphic background has influenced me to be interested in exploring color combinations and contrasts as well as in designing interesting compositions. My goal is to produce paintings that will remind people of a moment in their life that they have enjoyed."