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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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.

Landscapes

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025


 

Serenity, 16H x 20W inches soft pastels on watercolor paper
Serenity, 16H x 20W inches soft pastels on WC paper (2020), 22H x 26W” framed size

Loon Lake Loop, Hwy 4, BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Loon Lake Loop, BC 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Both are showcased in Artist Space Gallery’s Landscapes Exhibition through August.

Tranquilum 2025

Monday, May 26th, 2025


 

Queenstown Peaks, New Zealand - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Queenstown Peaks, New Zealand, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish (2020). Showing in Gallerium’s Tranquilum 2025 May 28 – July 28, 2025.

Mutianyu Great Wall, China

Monday, April 28th, 2025

Mutianyu Great Wall - Great Wall Of China section 50 miles from Beijing, Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) – Great Wall Of China section 50 miles from Beijing, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Butterfly Bush

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024


 

Butterfly Bush - invasive Buddleja davidii, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown New Zealand - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
True Beauty 2024 - Nikki Coulombe - Butterfly Bush - Artwork BadgeShowing in Exhibizone’s True Beauty June 12-Aug. 12th, 2024
 Butterfly Bush – Buddleja davidii, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown New Zealand – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Beautiful invasion: Native to central China and an ornamental in North American gardens, the Butterfly Bush is viewed as invasive in many countries across the world. Originally drawn and posted April 7th, 2024.

Saguaro Cactus

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024


 

Saguaro Cactus, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Saguaro Cactus and surrounding scrub – January in the Sonoran Desert south of Phoenix AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. This and the surrounding Saguaros all had either burn damage from forest fires or bacterial necrosis, a disease rotting them from the ground up. Local groups are rescuing Saguaros by cutting off an arm or the top and replanting them, helping to restore the fragile Sonoran Desert ecosystem.

Forests and Mountains

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024


 

Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cape Meares Fog - Honorable Mention Certificate in Ten Moir Gallery Forests and Mountains Jan - Feb 10th 2024Cape Meares Fog – Oregon coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper received an Honorable Mention in the Forest and Mountains Art
Competition in Ten Moir Gallery, showing Jan. 10 – Feb 10, 2024

Along Hwy 101, WA

Thursday, December 28th, 2023


 

Winter Drive, Hwy 101, Olympic National Park WA, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Winter Drive, Hwy 101 through Olympic National Park, Washington State – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

 

 

Trees and Fields

Sunday, December 24th, 2023


 

Knox Mountain Trail, Kelowna BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Honorable Mention Award for Art Room Gallery's online exhibition, Trees and FieldsKnox Mountain Trail (Kelowna BC), Summer Storm (Cochrane, Alberta) and Kananaskis Country, all 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, won Honorable Mention and are showcased in Art Room Gallery’s online exhibition, Trees and Fields Dec. 24, 2023 – January 24th, 2024.

  Summer Storm, Cochrane, Alberta - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Kananaskis Country, Alberta - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper  
         

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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