Welcome to a brief showcase of the whimsical artwork by Nancy Jolly. Below are some wonderful
examples depicting various wildlife as well as some interesting information about the artist.
Be sure to click on any image to see the entire Nancy Jolly collection.

Levitating Leopard

Born in New York in 1945, Nancy Jolly grew up in California and studied art at UCLA. She loved to
paint animals and wildlife, particularly horses. In her extensive career, Nancy Jolly has sold over
2,000 paintings. Her technique ranges from mixed media to oils to constructs and often employs
a sense of whimsy. She also had a huge impact on cowboys and their appearance inside the arena.
Thanks to her background as an accomplished artist, she helped make the sport of rodeo a little
more colorful in the late 1960s and 1970s. She estimates she made at least 400 pairs of leggings
for some of the top cowboys in the IPRA. Jolly's brand of leggings were different and very popular
because they were colorful and very detailed. Every pair of chaps was made to each cowboy's own
specifications and no two were exactly alike. "I've always been a painter," said Jolly, an artist with
30 years+ of experience who has traveled worldwide to places like France and India showing off her
paintings. Nancy Jolly now resides in Connecticut.