As you can see my new website, nancyrourke.com, go to Painting tab, and go to AFFIRMATION category, and pick an image and you will see a description and there is a magnification icon on an image at the upper right corner. Click on that and it will enlarge the image. Enjoy!

New website look! nancyrourke.com

No to Eugenics & Elephant in the Deaf Room, by Nancy Rourke from the series 'Right to Be Deaf.' Gene therapy is still ongoing today. This is wrong. It takes away our rights as deaf people & it harms the genetic & human biodiversity of humankind. They are a controversial problem that needs to stop!

ASL Growing All Around 30x40 inch oil on canvas 2026 #nancyrourke ©2026

Dandelion sketch. #nancyrourke

Hand Dandelions 8 inch by 10 inch
oil on canvas
February 2026
by #nancyrourke The story behind a Deaf Poet, Clayton Valli’s Dandelion, it started on how he performed the hand shape flower as to grow, to be a flower, until it matures to a white seed head with waving leaves.

United We Stand #iceout #justiceforalexpretti #JusticeForReneeGood

Thank you @artscopemagazine for the beautiful article and photos, “Seeing Voices Hearing Grief” in the Artscope magazine January/February 2026 issue

The book Culture, Deafness & Music: Critical Pedagogy and a Path to Social Justice received a 2025 Critics’ Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). Congratulations!

UNSPOKEN RESILIENCE: HEALING FROM THE LEWISTON SHOOTING TWO YEARS IN “Reclaiming Cornhole (aka Guernica)” at Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In”, an art exhibit at the University of New England, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME 04103 until Feb 7, 2026

Make Art Not War

NO KINGS DAY June 14, 2025 Protest

love.
empathy.
compassion.
inclusion.
justice.
kindness. (oil on masonite. 10x10 inch) #nancyrourke

A new book has been released. Book cover with my painting “Like a River.” More info at: brill.com and books.google.com/books?id=gKF... #nancyrourke

Journalism is under attack. This rally poster says “PROTECT OUR FREE PRESS” Fingerspelling PROTECT. ASL “OUR” and “FREE”. Fingerspelling PRESS. #resist #protectourfreepress #50501Movement #nancyrourke

HANDS OFF OUR DEAF RIGHTS OUR LANGUAGE OUR DISABLED OUR ALLIES OUR WALLETS OUR BOOKS OUR SCHOOLS OUR SOCIAL SECURITY OUR LIBRARIES OUR CANCER RESEARCH #50501movement

STOP OPPRESSION STOP INJUSTICE sign for rallies. #resist

fingerspelling shows UNDERSTANDING OVER UGLINESS. protest sign for rallies. Drawings show hand signing “UNITY.” A call to action to actively challenge biases and prejudices that often lead to discrimination and mistreatment of those perceived as unattractive. #humanrights #resist

RESIST FASCISM RESIST TRUMP RESIST RACISM protest sign for rallies. Drawings show George Veditz signing “resist” with fingerspelling- F A S C I S M T R U M P R A C I S M. #resist

Honored to be nominated for the inaugural ✨#curious100✨ Excited to be a part of this community of curious problem-solvers driving meaningful change. Honoree list by the @eamesinstitute The Link to my personal honoree page: 
www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/...

We Stand With Ukraine We stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Bridge deck shows hands embraced and piers as support in ASL. Ukraine flag in the background.

LOVE print for sale nancyrourke.square.site/product/love...

Did a quiet Sunday sketch. Tulip Hands 4 x 6 inch Watercolour by Nancy Rourke 2025

Just a small sketch. Inspired by Matisse’s Dance. (4 by 6 inch watercolour)

Justice 4X6 inch watercolour by Nancy Rourke

My artworks are in the BYU College of Humanities Magazine 2024. hum.byu.edu/00000193-69d...

Our Deaf Lady of Language Rights size 30 inch by 40 inch oil on canvas 2024 Inspired by Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is Our Deaf Lady of Language Rights with different motifs shown on the painting. www.nancyrourke.com/ourdeafladyo...

It is a huge honor to be part of the event I was commissioned to create artwork for “Sound/Off: An Evening of Poetry” at the Guggenheim, an event designed by the museum's 2024 Poet-in-Residence Meg Day. Wednesday, December 11, 7-8pm ET More info at: www.guggenheim.org/event/sound-...

And a sign language poetry event on Dec 11 www.guggenheim.org/event/sound-...

New to this, but let’s start with a piece about this colonial holiday Thanksgiving. Enjoy your turkey! www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/28/t...

A classic painting that I did in 2010. It was when I started finding a purpose to paint about the deaf experience. #art #deafart #nancyrourke