The Nancy and BryanT Hanley Collection

Nancy and Bryant “Tim” Hanley were esteemed and enthusiastic patrons of the arts in Dallas, Texas. Tim Hanley served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Museum of Art from 2000 to 2004. Nancy Hanley served on the boards of the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), the Arlington Museum of Art, and the Dallas Visual Arts Center (DVAC), which she helped transform into the Dallas Contemporary. Nancy also served on the Collections Committee of the Dallas Museum of Art. The couple gifted numerous works of art and contributed the Hanley Barrel Vault Gallery to the Dallas Museum of Art. They also endowed a curatorial position at the Dallas Museum of Art, which is currently held by Ade Omotosho. Tim and Nancy Hanley were passionate about art and architecture. The couple filled their home, designed by architect O’Neil Ford, the grandfather of Texas modernist architecture, with artwork by Texans. Their collection included works by Trenton Doyle Hancock, Linda Ridgway, and Joseph Havel. According to Joan Davidow, Director Emerita of the Dallas Contemporary, Tim and Nancy Hanley functioned as “the lifeline of the North Texas art scene...” Their patronage of artist Bill Haveron is exemplified in the exceptional works available for sale at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art.

Born and raised in Bryan, Texas, Bill Haveron is an artist whose richly detailed, vividly imaginative works have earned him a devoted following. Haveron’s art, rooted in the Outsider tradition, is populated by anthropomorphic animals, personified vegetables, hybrid creatures, and colorful Roman Catholic iconography. On the recommendation of art dealer and collector Murray Smither, James Surls and Charmaine Locke selected Haveron’s art for inclusion in The House Show at the Lawndale Annex in Houston. Since then, Haveron has had exhibitions in Dallas, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Cologne, and Berlin. His work has since been acquired by important collections, including the de Young Museum in San Francisco.