Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Nancy Perry now lives in Anderson, SC. She has studied art with many internationally known artists and has developed her artwork using several different media. She is a member of the Anderson Artists Guild, member with excellence of the South Carolina Watercolor Society, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, and the Oil Pastel Society. Her work has won awards in many juried shows, she has shown in several one-person and two-person shows, and she has paintings in many private and commercial collections.

She has had work included in several books and publications including the magazine Watercolor Magic, August, 2004, The Art Of Layering: Making Connections, The New Creative Artist by Neta Leland, and Expressive Drawing by Steven Aimone.