Nanette Biers is a Northern California painter with a rich and varied background of professional achievement. She grew up in Southern Florida, where the lush tropical environment inspired her to draw and paint from an early age. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art with honors from UC Berkeley. Starting in 1980, for the next three decades she pursued a career as a freelance commercial illustrator, working through her NYC agents, Morgan Gaynin, Inc., and garnering awards and appearances in several prestigious illustration annuals. She became known for her painterly realism, working exclusively in oils. In addition to commissioned paintings done for clients across the United States, she steadily produced personal works, exploring varied subject matter, from landscapes and cityscapes to portraits and figures. Today her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections around the country.
Beginning in 2009, inspired by the scenic beauty of the landscape in Northern California, Nanette shifted the focus of her career to creating fine art images, primarily landscapes depicting the San Francisco Bay Area and West Marin’s hills and ranches, along with numerous other California locales. She also began painting en plein air, adding a new source of excitement and challenge to her work. Her guiding principle is to lead the viewer to see the beauty that she sees in the play of light in a scene, or to be drawn in by a particularly inspiring setting. Her greatest satisfaction comes from successfully leading the viewer to experience the emotions–be they excitement, awe, or serenity–that initially inspired her to want to capture the scene. Over the years she’s exhibited in numerous national shows and won awards from the California Art Club, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the American Impressionist Society, and Women Artists of the West. She has resided in Marin County, CA for over 30 years.