When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

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Teravarna Gallery’s “Animals” Exhibition

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024


 

Bearded Dragon, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

  Sea Anemone, Cannon Beach, OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   New Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper  


Honorable Mention Award, Taravarna's 10th Annual Animals ExhibitionReceived Honorable Mentions in Teravarna Gallery’s 10th Annual “Animals”: Bearded Dragon, New Feathers, and Sea Anemone, all 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

 

Neighborhood Heron

Friday, October 25th, 2024


 

Neighborhood Heron, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, wrapped sides painted. Frame unnecessary. Hang on a wall or display on a flat surface. Signed on the side so as not to impose on the composition.
Elements 2024 - Nikki Coulombe PosterShowcased online in Biafarin / Exhibizone’s “Elements 2024” Juried Exhibition Oct. 26th – Nov. 26th: Neighborhood Heron (sold), part of the Magic Square Series, each 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, wrapped sides painted, frame unnecessary. Attractive hung on a wall or displayed on a flat surface.

 

Oystercatchers and Mallards

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024


 

Oystercatchers, (2020) 18H x 24W inches watercolors on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Mallards, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paperOystercatchers, (2020), 18H x 24W inches watercolors on paper and Mallards at Rood Bridge Park pond, Hillsboro OR (drawn and initially posted on April 30th), 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Framed sizes are 27H x 33W inches with white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Both in the exhibition, ‘Flowing and Flying’, at d’Art Center gallery in Norfolk, VA August 1 – 31st. (Aug. 29 note: Oystercatchers sold!)

Bald Eagles

Saturday, May 4th, 2024


 

Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Bald Eagles, juvenile watching mature in flight at Oceanside, OR. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.
Thumbnails show stages 1 through 4. Soft pastels don’t allow for too many changes, so the work had to be sprayed and set well before carefully making the juvenile eagle smaller to create a more convincible perspective. That also forced me to rework the sky and clouds, so now hoping those lines help with perspective.

               
  Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 01   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 02   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 03   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 04

Mallards

Tuesday, April 30th, 2024

Mallards, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Mallards, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W soft pastels on watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Animals of the Planet 2024

Monday, April 29th, 2024


 

Feeding Cockatoos at Apollo Bay, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Exhibizone Badge for Animals of the Planet 2024Feeding Cockatoos at Apollo Bay, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, drawn and originally published on Jan. 3rd, 2021. 27H x 33W” with white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Showcased online in Exhibizone’s Animals of the Planet 2024 April 29th through June 29th.

Raven at Island View Beach

Saturday, March 9th, 2024


 

Raven at Island View Beach, North Saanich, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Raven at Island View Beach, North Saanich, BC Canada – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Canada Geese

Monday, February 5th, 2024


 

Canada Geese, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Canada Geese at Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Shore Birds

Sunday, December 17th, 2023


 

Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Detail images:

  Left detail of Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC   Central detail of Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC  
         

More Postcards

Sunday, October 15th, 2023


 

Nimkish Lake Alder Shadows, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper

Alder Shadows, Nimkish Lake Sunset, Stellar’s Jay, Bigleaf Maple (Port Renfrew), Creyke Point, and Mount Douglas (Victoria), 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper

  Nimkish Lake Sunset, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper   Nimkish Lake Stellars Jay, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper  
  Port Renfrew Bigleaf Maple, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper   Creyke Point, Vancouver Island BC, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper  
         


Mount Douglas, Victoria BC, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper

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