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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Landscape

Saturday, February 8th, 2025


 

Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC and Cape Meares Fog (Oregon), each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Both won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery’s online 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition, February 2025.

  Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.   Cape Meares Fog and Elk Falls won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery's 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition showing online, February 2025  

Flowers

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025


 

Sunflowers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W
Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33WHonorable Mention for Teravarna Exhibition 9th Flowers
Tulips and Sunflowers won Honorable Mentions and are showcased in Teravarna’s 9th Flowers Exhibition for the month of January 2025.

Both are 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Pancake Ice

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025


 

Pancake Ice, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR in Exhibizone's Seasons: Winter exhibition
Pancake Ice, photo taken in January, 2017 at Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR in Exhibizone’s Seasons: Winter exhibition showing Jan 8th – March 31st, 2025.

Dead but Dynamic

Friday, December 6th, 2024


 

Dead But Dynamic, Choke Canyon National Park, TX, 27H x 33W inches framed, soft pastels on paper
Certificate for Biafarin Gallery online exhibition, Chaos and HarmonyDead But Dynamic, Choke Canyon National Park, TX, 27H x 33W inches framed, soft pastels on paper. Showcased in Biafarin Gallery’s “Chaos and Harmony” Dec. 7th 2024 to Feb. 7th 2025.

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.

 

“Landscapes” Exhibition

Saturday, October 12th, 2024


 

Heber River, BC, 27H x 33W soft pastels on paper
Heber River, BC Canada, 27H x 33W inches framed, soft pastels on paper is showcased in The Artist Space Gallery’s “Landscapes” Exhibition through October, then archived for a year.

Leaves and Petals

Saturday, October 5th, 2024


 

Prickly Pear Cactus, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Prickly Pear Cactus (Sedona, AZ), 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper – 27H x 33W” framed, won Honorable Mention in Fusion Art’s 10th Annual Leaves and Petals Exhibition and competition.

Fusion Art Gallery Leaves and Petals Exhibition, Honorable MentionPrickly Pear Cactus is native to the Americas including Mexico, an important food source for desert animals and for humans, but now threatened to extinction by a cactus moth that has no known natural predators in the US. In 2021, a wasp was exported from South America to Texas to help control the spread of moth devastation, with some success.
 

Elements of Nature

Monday, September 23rd, 2024


 

Moody Weather - Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed
Moody Weather, Best in Show, J Mane Gallery Elements of Nature 2024Won Best in Show and Featured Artist as part of the award, in J. Mane Gallery’s Elements of Nature 2024 with Moody Weather, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Teravarna’s 8th “Color” Exhibition

Saturday, September 21st, 2024


 

Sumac, Fairy Lake BC, 12H x 16W inches oil pastels on paper, 16 x 20 " with white mat

         
  Herb Pots, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size   Orange Milkweed,15 x 22 inches watercolors, sold  
         

Honorable Mention Award in Teravarna's 8th "Color" International Juried Art CompetitionHonorable Mention in Teravarna’s 8th “Color” International Juried Art Competition:

Sumac, Fairy Lake BC, 12H x 16W inches oil pastels on paper, 16 x 20 ” with white mat

Herb Pots, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size

Orange Milkweed, Kentucky 15 x 22 inches watercolors on paper, sold

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