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)

exhibitions

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Cape Meares Fog

Monday, July 4th, 2022


 

Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cape Meares Fog OR (2021), 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Showing in-gallery at the Art Center of Morrow Bay, CA. Pastel Society of the West Coast 99 Voices in Pastel 2022, June 30th – Aug. 7th

Camelback Gallery International Achievement Awards

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022


 

Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Nikki Coulombe IAA Finalist IAA CertificateBlue Flag Iris, (2021) 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Finalist Award, 2022 Camelback Gallery International Achievement Awards in Pastel.

Also showcased in Fusion Art’s 8th Annual Leaves & Petals Exhibition through August 2022.

Kingdom Animalia

Friday, June 17th, 2022


 

Young Howler Monkey, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2006), $350. Exhibizone Kingdom Animalia 2022 online from 01-Jul-2022 To 31-Jul-2022

Poster for Kingdom Animalia 2022Young Howler Monkey (2006), 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, $350. Frame unnecessary. Hang on a wall or display on flat surface.
Biafarin / Exhibizone ‘Kingdom Animalia 2022’ showing online from 01-Jul-2022 To 31-Jul-2022.

Honorable Mentions

Thursday, June 16th, 2022


 

  Asian Elephant, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Honorable Mention in Contemporary Art Room Online Gallery 'Animals' exhibition   Healthy Squirrel, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Honorable Mention in Contemporary Art Room Online Gallery 'Animals' exhibition  

Honorable Mention certificate, Contemporary Art Room Online Gallery 'Animals' exhibitionAsian Elephant (2020) and Healthy Squirrel (2022) 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, each are $750, framed. Both ‘Honorable Mention’ in Contemporary Art Room Online Gallery ‘Animals’ exhibition, May through June, 2022.

Exhibition

Sunday, May 15th, 2022


 

Trask River OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper

  Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Branches 'n' Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

These 3 pieces (Trask River OR, Blue Flag Iris, Branches ‘n’ Blossoms) are showing in The Lakeland Art Guild 50th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, May13th through June 4th.

Trask River (autumn leaves floating) will also be showing at Las Laguna’s “Golden – 50 or Older” online group exhibition showing June 2nd-30th.

Fins, Feathers, and Fur

Friday, April 29th, 2022


 

Prairie Dogs, Drumheller, AB - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Prairie Dogs, the Badlands, Drumheller, AB – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

  New Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.   Fruit Bats, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.   Sleepy Sun Bear, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

New Feathers, Fruit Bats and Sleepy Sun Bear, also each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper… all 4 are included in J. Mane Gallery’s “Fins, Feathers & Fur” online exhibition opening today and on view through May 2022. All four are the same size and price.

Elements of Nature

Saturday, January 1st, 2022


 

Paint Arson, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas


 
Cumulonimbus, Montana sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paperPaint Arson, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2009), wrapped sides painted, frame unnecessary. Set on shelf or hang on wall. This and Cumulonimbus: Montana Sunset (2020) are in J. Mane Gallery’s ‘Elements of Nature’ online juried exhibition, showing through January 2022.

I don’t always have clear intentions behind my work, other than to make it interesting of course, because I wonder if too much explanation muddies a fresh impression of it. However, the writing connected to “Paint Arson” is worth the read. Fire is a destructive force, and positive associations with it are not immediate. For example, the pinecones of Sequoia, the largest trees on Earth, only open under the extreme conditions presented by fire. Read on…

Petrified Forest

Friday, December 24th, 2021


 

Petrified Forest, Crystal Forest Trail, AZ - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Art Room Gallery merit award for Trees and Fields - Petrified Forest and Kananaskis Valley Petrified Forest, Crystal Forest Trail, AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”, white wood frame, crackle finish.

In addition to Kananaskis Valley (mentioned earlier in Grey Cube Gallery Forests and Meadows), this piece won a merit award in Contemporary Art Room’s exhibition, “Trees and Fields”, showing online through December, 2021.

Chicory

Saturday, November 13th, 2021


 
Chicory, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Chicory, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper (done April 2021 – now sold), showing through December in Las Laguna Art Gallery’s online exhibition, Botanical Art and Illustration.

Honorable Mention

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021


 

                 

  Honorable Mention, Landscapes 2021, Grey Cube Gallery   Kananaskis Valley, Alberta Canada - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Kanisku National Forest, Idaho - 14 x 20 inches watercolors

Kananaskis Valley (Alberta Canada) and Kaniksu National Forest (Idaho USA) both received Honorable Mention, Forests and Meadows Grey Cube Gallery’s online competition and exhibition, Nov. 2021

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