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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Creative Minds 2025

September 5, 2025

 

Chrysanthemums Chair, 29H x 29W x 29D inches refurbished vintage chair, woven canvas strips, layers of plaster cured, sanded and carved. Painted with acrylics, varathane, and waxed to enhance colors.
Creative Minds 2025 - Nikki Coulombe - Poster Chrysanthemums Chair showcased in Biafarin / Exhibizone’s ‘Creative Minds’ showing online Sept. 6th – Nov. 6th, 2025

See more info about the chairs, upcycled from 1960’s plastic lawn chairs – blog posts detail work in progress on Sept 10th, 2015, Sept. 29th, Oct. 18th, and finished on Jan. 14th 2016. The chair is carved and painted underneath also.

Thumbnails of drawing, painting, adding plaster petals, carving and sanding layers, then repeating the process:

  Chrysanthemums Chair, initial sketch on plaster, detail Chrysanthemums Chair front detail, paint outline Chrysanthemums Chair detail of additional plaster petals  
  Chrysanthemums Chair front sanding after 1st paint Oct. 2015 Chrysanthemums Chair back, layering more plaster Chrysanthemums Chair finished, back detail  

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