Connie Nunley

Connie Nunley, who signs her art CMeans using her maiden name, began drawing people when she was in elementary school.  In the fifth grade, her teacher asked her draw a portrait of her grandson, for example.  In college, she mostly used graphite, colored pencils and oils while completing a BA in studio art (a double major with English).  She took a watercolor class in her twenties (Dianne Mize) and a watercolor portrait seminar (Roberta Clark) in her thirties.  She has done several portrait commissions and has also begun to enjoy painting still lifes with reflections.

She completed a Ph.D. in English and taught that discipline, focusing primarily on British literature, for thirty-six years at Truett-McConnell College/University.  She is finally getting back to her first love, painting people.