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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Bougainvillea, Jerash, Jordan

Saturday, July 4th, 2026

 

Bougainvillea, Jerash, Jordan, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Bougainvillea, Jerash, Jordan, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Leaves and Petals

Friday, June 5th, 2026

 

Orange Milkweed, 15H x 22W inches watercolors
Leaves and Petals 2026 Exhibition Finalist certificateOrange Milkweed, 15H x 22W inches watercolors showing in Fusion Art’s Leaves and Petals 2026 Exhibition through June.

Foggy Day and Rhododendrons

Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

 

Mt. Walker WA, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Mt. Walker, WA State – Foggy day and Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Cosmos

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

 

Cosmos, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Cosmos, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Creative Minds 2025

Friday, September 5th, 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  

Crocosmia

Monday, July 21st, 2025

 

Crocosmia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Crocosmia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Rhododendrons

Monday, May 12th, 2025

 

Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

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.

Shooting Star

Saturday, December 21st, 2024

 

Shooting Star, BC wildflower, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) BC wildflower, Vancouver Island, Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Purple Pansies

Friday, October 11th, 2024

 

Purple Pansies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Purple Pansies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper – framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

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