Dough
Bowl
2009
Convention
Raffle Item painted and donated by Nancy
Nancy
Bateman
is known for her heirloom quality of painting on antique
tinware. Although she is a 29-year resident of Lancaster,
Ohio, her art training began in South Bend, Indiana. She is a
long-standing member of the Society of Decorative Painters (SDP)
(formerly known as National Society of Tole and Decorative Painters
[NSTDP]) and the affiliate chapter Heart of Ohio Tole (HOOT) in
Columbus, Ohio. She became a Certified Decorative Artist in
1984. Nancy has served as the HOOT convention art director
for four conventions.
She
has been a
featured artist numerous times in painting
magazines. Her home as well as her personal collection was
high-lighted in the Decorative Artists’ Workbook and Designs
for Decorative Living. In 1996, Nancy was commissioned to paint
the Past SDP President’s Award donation to the Binney
&
Smith Paint Corporation’s traveling exhibit. The SDP has
chosen Nancy’s work to be given to past Presidents of the
United States. More recently in 2004, the SDP publication, The
Decorative Painter, requested Nancy to paint a document box to be
presented on their behalf to First Lady Laura Bush.
Nancy
is a supporter of the Decorative Arts Collection (DAC) museum
located in Atlanta, Georgia by both donating and selling her work
through the organization. In 1995 she was awarded first place
in the DAC prestigious juried competition with her Tulips on
Table. She was one of several decorative artists asked to contribute to
the
Collection of Roses and The Santa Book, both coffee table books,
published by the DAC.
In
2002 Nancy was
asked to represent American Folk Artwork by entering
her work in the Japanese Exhibition Painting Gallery of the World,
sponsored by Nihon Vogue in Tokyo, Japan.
She
sells under
the name of Nancy’s Fancys. For the
last 18 years, she has displayed and sold her work at the HOOT annual
convention in Columbus as well as the last several years through the
DAC at the SDP annual convention.
Although
Nancy
does not teach, she can be contacted at
nancy@nancybateman.com.
