Portraits | Nancy Tankersley

• Dean Davison M. Douglas, William & Mary Law School

  Oil, Linen. Dean David Douglas, William and Mary Law School

• Judge Vernon Neilson, Anne Arundel County District Judge

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• Captain Jake Flory

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11

• Key West Spirit

  Oil, 12 x 12

• Captain Stanley Larrimore

  The first painting in my Waterman Series, this is a portrait painted from life of skipjack captain Stanley Larrimore of Tilghman Island, Maryland. Skipjacks are wooden sailboats designed to drudge oysters from the botto…

• Professor Lynda L. Butler, William & Mary Law School

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 30. In the Year of the Woman, I was chosen to paint Professor Lynda S. Butler, first woman law professor at William & Mary College. We had a live sitting in February 2020 but after that the pandemic pr…

• Captain Willie Roe

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16. Captain Willie Roe is a waterman from Tilghman Island who, at age 82, commissioned a new fishing boat ( pictured behind him in the portrait and named Big Will II). Captain Roe grew up on Tilghman a…

• Christmas Past

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x ``. Painted from life with my students at our annual holiday portrait session in 2018. The wistful expression of old St. Nick's reminds us of holidays shared with loved ones who are no longer with us.…

• Curacao Vendor

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14

• Dean Taylor Reveley, William & Mary Law School

  Oil, Linen, 40 x 30. Dean W. Taylor Reveley, Dean of William and Mary Law School 1998-2008

• Patricia Spitaleri

  Oil, Canvas, 60 x 30. Patricia Spitaleri was the founder of South Street Art Gallery in Easton, Maryland. I was honored when she commissioned me to paint her portrait in her home in Miami Beach.

• Portrait of David Maulsby, Baltimore, Maryland

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. A collector from Baltimore, and a true gentleman, I especially enjoyed painting David from life during two sittings in my studio.

• Tilghman Waterman

  Oil, 12 x 10. I met this waterman one cold February when he was mending nets. Such a character!

• William E Cummings- Waterman Artist

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16

• Naval Officer

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 26

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• Ready for the Rush

  Oil, 18 x 18

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