Studio Landscapes | Nancy Tankersley

• Memory of Hill Country Ranch copy

  Oil, muslin on panel, 30 x 30. The rocks, the stands of live oak, and the occasional pine, the wild grasses studded with bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush and other wildflowers and cactus are images that live in my mind. I…

• Mid-day Marsh

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24

• Father and Son

  Acrylic, 12 x 36

• Tonging on the Dora

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 36

• Crabbing Solo

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 36

• Skipjack Parade

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24. Once a year, the skipjacks race on the Choptank River. Here the excited crews are leaving the harbor in Cambridge prior to the race

• Before

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 48

• Chesapeake Bounty

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 48

• The Elder

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30. This old oak, gracing the grounds of a Georgia plantation, certainly holds many stories. What if it could talk?

• A Quiet Day

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 30

• It Begins Again

  Oil, muslin on panel, 18 x 18 x 1.0. In 2025, I was invited as an alumni of Plein Air Easton, to participate in a show at the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy which was held in partnership with Plein Air Easton, as an eff…

• Breaking Through

  Oil, Canvas, 60 x 48

• Slick Cam Day

  Oil, Canvas, 60 x 48

• Queen of the Yard

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40. This old engine was spotted while we were driving through East Texas. A vast collection of old train cars and engines huddled together on some rusted and weed choked tracks, enclosed by a chain lin…

• Open Waters

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 30. A scene from the open waters of the lower Eastern Shore, the flatness of the land and the grassy marshes remind me of the vastness of the Great Plains. The lone structure at waters edge recall the…

• Winter View

  Oil, 12 x 24

• Village Across the Marsh

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48. Based on Hoopers Island, this is an iconic Eastern Shire Village, the harbor protected from the open bay by land and marsh.

• Old Partners

  Oil, 48 x 48

• The Gathering

  Oil, 60 x 48

• Winter on the Western Slope

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 36

• Under the Overpass

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24

• Heartland

  Oil, muslin on panel, 36 x 36

• Rise Up!

  Oil, Canvas, 40 x 30. The longer I live in this part of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, the more I realize the importance of the Choptank River. It is a marine estuary and a source of income for fishermen and s…

• Georgia Morning

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 36. The vast marsh and then the ribbon of the intracoastal waterway catching the morning light was the inspiration for this painting. It’s hard to paint a scene like this en plein air as the light chan…

• Highway View

  Oil, 36 x 36. The Gannon Farm, seen from Rt 50 as one enters Easton.

• Ever Vigilant

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30

• Bound for Baltimore

  Oil, Linen, 36 x 48

• Creek View

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 36. This is a iconic view in the rivers, streams and marshes which feed the Chesapeake Bay. Though boathouses are no longer allowed due to environmental concerns, those that have them keep them in top…

• Tongers Best Day

  Oil, 30 x 40. Oct. 1, the day every year that hand tonging legally begins, is a great day for Chesapeake Bay watermen, and also for artists and photographers who rarely see so many boats in one location!

• Western Homestead

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40. I tried to paint this Colorado landscape as how we see as we are speeding down the highway at 65 mph. We catch a glimpse of something that interests us, but it quickly dissolves into a blur of shap…

• Colorado Barn

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. This old barn on the Western Slope seemed to be settling into the contours of the land.

• Lost in Time

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 19.25. There is a timeless quality in the vast marshes of the Georgia coast. One could imagine that the island in the distance has disappeared and reappeared countess times since the beginning of our ear…