Nanci Sackett Artworks Gallery
Watercolor, Paper, 34 x 30
Watercolor, Paper, 24 x 20
Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12
Watercolor, Paper, 24 x 20
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10
Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24
Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10
Oil, Canvas, 20 x 20. This is from a pond near a shopping center, you never know where you will find something that catches your eye. I have had this image and the sketches for it for 8 years always saying to myself tha…
Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36. I loved the evening light reflected on the leaves and trunk of this twisted tree. I added the robin with his orange breast to compliment the blue background and bring out the subtle orange leaves t…
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. I love when the trees grow close together creating dense clusters of limbs and foliage. They are always fun and challenging to paint.
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. I love the north California coast. Everywhere you look is a painting and I can't get enough of the varied subject matter available. The colors can be bright and intense or soft and muted. One of my…
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12
Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. This painting was started on location on a beautiful spring day and finished in the studio. I found this scene about a block from where I work. There is beauty everywhere, you just have to look.
Watercolor, Paper, 24 x 22
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12. The coast of California is beautiful and offers artists a never ending source of inspiration. After being foggy all day, in an instant the sun finally started breaking through, It was worth the wai…
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. As the clouds parted and the sun started to shine through, the water in this marsh came alive with the rich colors of the clearing sky.
Oil, Canvas, 20 x 20 x 1 1/2. Lately I've been noticing reflections in water. I have loved painting them, there is more freedom and interpretation and I am having fun with it. I have started a series from a pond in a ve…
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. This work is another in my series of California north coast trees. These trees were at the top of a cliff overlooking the ocean with bright fog behind them. Another foggy day on the coast that I ca…
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Evening light, my favorite time of the day for painting. The colors and shadows are amazing and always catch my eye. I came upon this scene on a walk in early summer along the river.
Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. I was out sketching early one morning and came across a small herd of cattle. This calf was near the fence and seemed as fascinated with me as I was with her. I stayed there for several hours sketc…
Watercolor, Paper, 24 x 22
Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. The trees of the northern California coast are unique and beautiful and one of my favorite things to paint. The colors are constantly changing depending on the time of day or the time of year which…
Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. Plein air painting done on location in northern California
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. The sun was getting low in the sky and casting an orange glow on the trees that made colors pop. This tree had such an unusual shape and the colors were so intense, I had to paint it.
Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. Early one morning while sketching some canada geese I glanced to this small pond area and found this beautiful egret just standing in the early morning sun. Luckily I got a photo of him before he fl…
Watercolor, Paper
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Plein Air painting done on location at Moonstone Beach in northern California
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. Sunset near McKinleyville on the north coast of California. One of my favorite times of the day to paint. Colors seem to come alive as the day is winding down, always a fun time to paint.
Oil, Canvas, 16 x 12. Hummingbird pair among the thistle on a warm summer day.
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. I started this painting on one of those misty, foggy days in McKinleyville, finishing it in the studio. Foggy days give the forest a soft, mysterious look that I love. I never get tired of the beau…
Oil, Canvas, 15 x 30. This is a painting I did as a donation to Safe Haven Horse Rescue in Cottonwood, Ca. The horse in the painting was brought to Safe Haven as an abandoned horse that was literally skin and bodes. The…
Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Evening in Tuscany. The color of the light was amazing, giving everything it touched a warm glow.
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. Came across this scene and instantly was drawn to the quiet beauty. The only sounds were the birds singing and the distant sounds of ocean waves.
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. I love the coast and I especially love painting there. The colors, light, and atmosphere make it my one of my favorite places to paint. I found this scene early one morning when I took a wrong turn…
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10. One of my favorite places to paint, Trinidad in Humbolt County in northern California. Early in the mornings, the light filtering through the mist and fog cause even the most ordinary subjects irre…
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1 1/2". Snow Leopards are one of the most beautiful of the big cats. Unfortunately this little guy is in a zoo, hopefully people will appreciate this amazing animal and work to keep it alive in th…
Watercolor, Paper, 15 x 22
Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12. The end of another beautiful day at the coast. The fog starting to roll in as the sun gets lower in the sky.
11 x 14
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. I love painting in the evening when the shadows get long and the light enhances the colors of everything in it's path. While I was sketching this scene a deer came out of the shadows and into the l…
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24. I found this group of trees on a misty morning walk. The sun was breaking through and bringing beautiful color to the scene. The barn owl was added to balance the composition.