Figures | Nancy Tankersley

• One Night in Montparnasse

  Oil, 10 x 8. This painting was accepted into the 2026 AIS Small Works Showcase to be exhibited at the J. Petters Gallery in Douglas, Michigan May 1-30. It may be purchased through the gallery at any time, but must be sh…

• Dinner at the Castle

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• A Special Sauce

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Cold Day in Paris

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• His Moment

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 30. This painting was juried into the American Impressionist Society Annual National Exhibition, hosted by Cassens Fine Art in Hamilton, Montana. It is currently available through my studio or website.

• Intimacies

  This painting is available as a print through Fine Art America.

• Attention to Detail

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. I was fortunate to find many skipjacks at a marina in Deale Island this summer where they were being repaired and readied for the Skipjack Races on Labor Day Weekend. These wooden boats are so old…

• Daddy's Girl

  Oil, 12 x 12

• Big Sister

  Oil, Canvas, 6 x 6

• Late for Lunch

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Charleston Shopper

  Oil, Linen, 14 x 11

• Afternoon in a Breton Village

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• Kitchen Conversation II

  Oil, 12 x 12

• In Command

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12

• A Careful Cleaning

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12. At the end of the evening, the chef gives special attention to his most important tool.

• A Long Day

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11

• East Meets West

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. While painting at a Dude ranch near Bandera, TX I spied this English style rider being introduced to the Western way of doing things.

• And He’s Off!

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 18. There is nothing like the excitement and explosive energy that one finds at the rodeo. This one was in a small town on Colorado's Western Slope.

• Ready to Rip

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 20. This painting recently won in the Best Western Category in the February Plein Air Salon.

• Soft in the Stern

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks are old sailing vessels and they need a lot of upkeep. Here a worker digs out the soft spots in preparation for the annual painting that these boats require.

• The Discussion

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. This could easily have been titled "I Did SO Ride that Wave!". I love capturing gestures of figures engaged in conversation and then making up stories of what they are saying.

• Shimmering

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12

• Searching

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11