Grace Gallery Featured Artist - Nancy McGowan

The featured artist of the week is Nancy Mcgowan: 

Nancy has been an artist since she could hold a crayon, as was evident by the numerous "sketches and drawings" that adorned the walls of her family home.  Unfortunately none survived her mother's scrubbing and cleaning that could attest to her early talent!  At the age off 5 while most children at the beach were busy building sand castles, Nancy drew them in the sand along with the flora and wildlife.  Some of Nancy's educators thought drawing took precedence over schoolwork.  However, they should have known that even great talent needs practice@  That practice honed a talent that can be seen in the artistic commissions she did for the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission and the Texas Parks & Wildlife.  She and her husband, Jim, began extended explorations in Mexico where they documented and sketched unique flora and fauna.  Moving to Temple in 1992 she continues her artistic endeavors and now shares her talent and skills with the community.