About

Nancy Granda is a painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994 with a degree in English literature, and she has studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In her work she strives for a spontaneous and deeply engaged response to her subject, whether working solely from observation or from a combination of sketches, photographic reference, and imagination.  Her recent paintings explore questions regarding atmospheric color and the physical properties of paint.