Nancy’s oil paintings are a loose impressionistic style. Most of the work is completed en Plein Air, in the open air, on location. Her favorite subject is the landscapes and landmarks in and around Cincinnati and the Miami Valley, which fits perfectly with her love of history and architecture. Nancy enjoys teaching and learning from other artists and has organized many Plein air events. She believes that painting and studying how light and color change outside helps to develop better studio paintings.

Nancy has received awards for her figurative work as well as painting; including the 2009 and 2011 Duveneck Purchase Awards at the Duveneck Art Show, the Cincinnati Art Club Viewpoint Show and the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati. She has work in the permanent collection at the University of Cincinnati’s Clermont College, the Zanesville Art Center and the Kenton County Public Library.

Nancy has studied and painted with accomplished artists and has studied plein air painting with Chuck Marshall, Steve Jenkins, Ray Hazzard and Bill Farnsworth. Studio painting with Joe Lombardo and Stanka Kordic and classical realism from David Mueller.

Nancy Achberger graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with an Illustration and Advertising BFA degree and worked in the commercial art field. In 1999, she started exploring her own style of painting. She has been painting en plein air since 2003.

Nancy is a signature member of both the Cincinnati Art Club and the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, President of the Cincinnati Brush and Palette Painters of and a member of the Ohio Plein Air Society and the South West Ohio Plein Air Painters.

2017:
The Best of OPAS: Columbus Museum of Art
124th Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, Honorable Mention

2016:
Duveneck Memorial Art Show, First Place Painting Award
123rd Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati Juried Show, *Second Place Award of
Excellence*

2014:
Ohio Prairies: A Year in the Life: OPAS, Springfield Museum of Art, First Place
18th Annual Loveland Art Show, Second Place

2013:
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati all member exhibit, Second Place

2012:
16th Annual Loveland Art Show, First Place
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati all member exhibit, First Place
Ohio Variations: OPAS 10th Annual Exhibit, Springfield Museum of Art,
First Place

2011 - Brush & Palette Painters Group Show, Women’s Art Club Cultural Center, Cincinnati, OH
SW Ohio Plein Air Painters Group Show, Maple Knoll Village, Cincinnati, OH
Woman’s Art Club 118th Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, Suder’s Art Award
Duveneck Memorial Art Show, Covington, KY, Duveneck Memorial Purchase Award
“Go Outside”, Group Exhibition, Gallery Salveo, Cincinnati, OH
Paint the Town Plein Air Event, Loveland, OH
“Natural Light”’, Paintings by Ohio Plein Air Society, OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Duveneck and Friends”, Recent works by members of the Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati Art
Galleries, Cincinnati, OH
Hyde Park Square Juried Art Show, Cincinnati, OH
Viewpoint International Juried Show, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH
Loveland Arts Council Winter Show, Loveland, OH: First Place Award

2010 - Solo Show, “Changing Seasons”, Brutopia Coffee House
Woman’s Art Club 117th Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH; Cheap Joe’s Merit Award
Brush & Palette Painters (formally Brushettes) Group Show; Women’s Art Club Cultural Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Paint the Town, Loveland, OH; Best of Show Award and People Choice Award
Hyde Park Square Juried Art Show, Cincinnati, OH
Springfield Art Gallery, OPAS Group Show, Springfield, OH
Viewpoint International Show, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH
Loveland Arts Council Winter Show; Loveland, OH, Second Place Award


2009 - Signature Member Show, Cincinnati Art Club
Woman’s Art Club 116th Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH: Suder’s Art Award
Brushettes, Spring Show, Women's Art Club Cultural Center, Cincinnati, OH
Duveneck Memorial Art Show, Covington, KY: Duveneck Memorial Purchase Award
Highroads Gallery Show, Worthington, OH: Honorable Mention
Bethesda Imaging Center, Montgomery, OH: Purchase Award
Montgomery Art Show, Montgomery, OH: 2nd Place Award
Hyde Park Square Juried Art Show, Cincinnati, OH
Viewpoint International Juried Show, Cincinnati Art Club
Loveland Arts Council Winter Show, Loveland, OH: People's Choice Award

2008 - Hyde Park International Art Show, Cincinnati, OH
“Fall Into Art”, Mapleknoll Village Group Exhibit,, Springdale, OH
OPAS Member Juried Show, Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH
OPAS Member Juried Show, Zanesville Museum, Zanesville, OH: Shakespeare Society Collection

2007 - OPAS Group Show, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH
Viewpoint International Show, Cincinnati, OH: Pastel Journal Award
Evendale Regional Art Exhibit, Evendale, OH
“Color Interpretations”, Solo Show, UC Clermont College, Batavia, OH

University of Cincinnati, Clermont College, Batavia, OH

Northern Kentucky Heritage League, Kenton County Library, KY

The Shakespeare Society of Zanesville, Zanesville Art Center, OH