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Nancy J. Hayden

Welcome to the Northwind Arts website which features fiber art, encaustic painting and mixed media art. I’m an ecologist and nature lover at heart. My work is inspired by nature through subject, materials, and process.

“The Northwind Made the Vikings” is a favorite adage of mine, not just because of my Swedish ancestry, but because it situates humans and human endeavors within their physical world. It has literal and metaphorical meanings which as a writer and artist I like to contemplate. And as a long-time New Englander, the north wind brings arctic blasts that can be a trial to all of us. Winter is one of my favorite times for writing and making art and contemplating my place, both physically and spiritually, in the world. Something, I have no doubt my Norse ancestors did whether they were sailing to distance lands or taking care of the farm back home.