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Nancy Sayer was born in 1909. As a child, she competed in various art competitions has won prizes in her school in Perth. Seeing that she was talented, her teacher wanted her to study art but her father wanted her to pursue the path of law. Nancy was trained as a kindergarten teacher did a business course and later got married and moved to Sydney.
It wasn’t until she was 50 that Nancy started her full-fledged career as an artist. Though an artist in heart, it was only after the death of her husband and mother could she finally regain her freedom and turned towards art. Nancy used to go sketch classes three nights a week for three years to study life drawing. While Nancy may have travelled to Sydney and Mexico, it was back in her hometown in Perth, she studied fine arts under Henry Froundhist who inspired her with the works of Mathew Smith a still life artist whom she admired as she does with Edward Seago, Elioth Gruner and Horace Trenerry.
Nancy moved to South Australia in 1965, she use to paint two to four hours a day. Unlike other people, Nancy is someone who prefers to paint on the spot. Later she stopped painting because of muscular degeneration and poor eyesight.

Writers:

ArtPhD

Date written:

2023

Last updated:

2023