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)

semi-impressionist

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Elk Falls 02

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022


 

Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Hydrangeas

Thursday, July 28th, 2022


 

Hydrangeas, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Hydrangeas, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Fireweed

Saturday, July 23rd, 2022


 

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

Fireweed, Goldenrod and new-growth forest beside the Trans-Canada Highway near Yorkton, Manitoba, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Flower Power Exhibition

Friday, July 22nd, 2022


 

Goldenrod, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas
Bronze Certificate, Flower Power, Camelback GalleryGoldenrod, (2019) Ouimette Canyon, Ontario, Canada, 12H x 12W inches acrylics on canvas

Bronze Award winner in Camelback Gallery’s “Flower Power 2022 International Juried Arts Exhibition”.

Kootenai National Forest

Tuesday, July 19th, 2022


 

Kootenai National Forest ID, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Kootenai National Forest ID, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W” framed size.

Double Daisies

Friday, July 15th, 2022


 

Double Daisies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Double Daisies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

I look forward to these blooming every year. They’re planted as a group only in one area of the property so they can be fully appreciated. They wilt in the hot sun, but in a cool morning breeze they shake like pom-poms, waving in and out of their own shadows.

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.

Scarlet Ibis

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022


 

Scarlet Ibis, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Scarlet Ibis, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore – 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Wild Mustard

Friday, May 27th, 2022


 

Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Like most invasive species, beautiful flowering en masse. That and being edible are two of many reasons it has been able to flourish, robbing resources and space usually occupied by Texas Bluebonnets and other native plants now said to be in danger because of it.

Fire in The Gorge

Monday, May 2nd, 2022


 

Fire In The Gorge, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Fire In The Gorge, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Known as the Eagle Creek Fire, on Sept 2, 2017 a wildfire lit by a 15 year old destroyed 50,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, mostly in Oregon with some fires in WA. The fire burned for three months and Hwy 84, a historic route into and out of Portland, was shut down for much of that time, forcing travelers, including me on my way to Alberta, to take side-routes. That year there were forest fires in the mountains all along the drive north, and a border patrol officer commented, “You have ashes all over your car”.

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