Nance BroderZen is a multidisciplinary artist whose fine art archive showcases a vibrant journey through oil painting, colored pencil, watercolor, and mixed media. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nance draws inspiration from the region’s spiritual and artistic energy, crafting works that reflect her environmental ethos and deeply egalitarian narratives.

Beginning her career with a passion for oil painting, Nance faced a significant setback in 1996 when nocturnal tonic-clonic seizures, triggered by heavy-metal toxicity from oil paints and environmental factors, halted her pursuit of gallery representation. Undeterred, she explored safer mediums like colored pencil and watercolor, though her first love—writing—soon took center stage. For over a decade, Nance performed spoken-word poetry in Los Angeles’ downtown art scene, embarked on a living-art-performance as an ambassador for the serpent (an ancient symbol of the Great Cosmic Mother), and wrote a haiku daily for seven years. She also penned novels and screenplays, including the script that inspired her Picasso’s Ghost oil painting series, created outdoors during the COVID lockdown.

After overcoming her seizures through holistic healing, including mercury removal and a raw plant-based diet, Nance has been seizure-free for over a decade. Now, she boldly returns to oil painting while expanding her fine art and speculative fiction writing. Having relocated to Santa Fe in 2025 after briefly caring for her late mother in North Fort Myers, Florida, Nance is immersed in a thriving creative community, exploring new artistic forms inspired by the desert landscape and local artisans.

Discover Nance’s literary works at her linked site and experience the evolution of an artist who transforms adversity into boundless creativity.

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Recent spoken-word performance at Moe Auditorium, Center for the Arts Bonita Springs, FL

Spoken Word radio debut (with royal python, Draco) on KXLU 88.9 FM, Mystic Pete Show, July/2012