Nancie King Mertz, has spent her lifetime painting in oil & pastel.  She was awarded the Master Circle by Int’l Assoc. of Pastel Societies, Eminent Pastelist in 2018, and won their Prix de Pastel in 2018.  She is a Master Signature member of Pastel Society of America & Chicago Pastel Painters.

Creating nearly 150 paintings annually, her pastels are included in exhibits in museums in the US, China and France.  May 2020, she was named the Guest of Honor of Art Du Pastel En France with a show of her work in Giverny.