Born in Massachusetts, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas was raised in New Jersey where she attended the New York Phoenix School of Design in Manhattan. Formal study in art and design, she worked for several years as an art director for a New Jersey advertising agency where she then went on to form Gaucher-Thomas Associates an advertising design studio. Nancy continued private study in painting with Paul Wood, Arts Students League; Billie Samuelson; Dorothy Watkeys Barberis,MWS; and workshops with Pat SanSoucie,AWS; Arne Lindmark,AWS; Thomas Sgouros,AWS; Irwin Greenberg,AWS among others.

Nancy’s work has appeared in numerous national exhibitions including the National Watercolor Society Annuals, the National Association of Women Artists Annual, the Academic Artists Annuals, the American Artist Professional League Annuals where she is an elected artist member. Her work has garnered awards from such annual exhibitions as the National Watercolor Society, Midwest Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, NorthEast Watercolor Society. And the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

Founder and president emerita of the Art League of Rhode Island, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas resides in East Greenwich, Rhode Island where she teaches the fine art of watercolor painting in addition to on-location workshops. A signature member of the National Watercolor Society she is a sought after instructor and juror, and has served on juries of selection and awards for many organizations including the Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI and the Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Her paintings are included in many public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.