Nancy L. Beck has been in private practice as a Certified Financial Planner since 1984. (see Web Site Link for Beck Financial Strategies, Inc. or www.beckfs.com) She didn’t find her talent as an artist until 2003. Her work was accepted in The Hoosier Salon in 2004, from which she received a purchase award. She has also entered her work in numerous juried shows yielding state-wide recognition.

Nancy’s medium is graphite pencil and oil, mainly focusing on unique portraits of people as well as wildlife. Nancy and her husband John travel extensively and with only one exception, photographs her subjects personally from which she finds the composition for her work. She has grown up in the art world as her mother, Barbara Beck and aunt, Rosemary Browne Beck are both well known and successful Indiana artists.

Nancy continues to work in her financial planning business, Beck Financial Strategies, Inc. located at Ft Benjamin Harrison, in Indianapolis. Her studio is located at the Art Sanctuary in Martinsville, Indiana where she also resides.