About Nan
Nan Rumpf grew up in a small Iowa town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors and daydreaming. She currently lives in Wellesley Massachusetts.
She worked as a professional puppeteer, designing and constructing her own puppets and masks. She runs dramatic arts workshops in public schools and libraries. With Nan acting as art instructor, director, narrator, sound effects expert and musician; children use their artwork to dramatize a story. She wrote and illustrated the book Puppets and Masks: Stagecraft and Storytelling published by Davis Publications, 1996. She teaches art classes and has had several paintings commissioned.
She has studied watercolor painting with Susan Swinand, Lois Smiley, Jane Goldman, Paul George, Charles Reid, Miles Batt, and Cheng Khee Chee.
Her paintings have been exhibited at:
- The DeCordova Museum School Gallery
- The Danforth Museum
- The Wellesley Free Library (First Place Award)
- The Center For The Arts in Natick
- The Concord Art Association Gallery
- Art on the Common in Needham (First Place Award)
- The Clinton Art show (Best In Show)
- Wellesley Community Center (Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor)
- New England Watercolor Society Show in Cotuit (Woodruff Art Center Award)
She is a member of the Concord Art Association, the Wellesley Society of Artists,
the Needham Art Association, and is associated with the New England
Watercolor Society.
She teaches drawing, painting, and monotype printing to children and adults.