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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Indian Paintbrush

Saturday, June 15th, 2024


 

Indian Paintbrush, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Indian Paintbrush, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas

Thursday, June 13th, 2024


 

Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas, Campbell River, BC Canada, 18H x 24W 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.

Elk Falls Provincial Park 05

Sunday, April 14th, 2024


 

Elk Falls Provincial Park 05, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elk Falls Provincial Park 05, Vancouver Island BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

Landscapes 2024

Monday, February 26th, 2024


 

Canadian Prairie Summer, North Saskatchewan River - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Canadian Prairie Summer won Silver placement in J. Mane Gallery Landscapes 2024Canadian Prairie Summer, Canola fields by the Petrofka Bridge, North Saskatchewan River near Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan Canada. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper won Silver placement in the J. Mane Gallery Landscapes 2024 Exhibition, Feb. 26th -April 8th.

Also accepted in the show are Crater Lake, Heber River BC, California Orange Groves, all soft pastels on paper, and Lake Louise AB, acrylics on canvas.

 

  Crater Lake, OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   Heber River, BC, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   California Orange Grove, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   Lake Louise, AB Canada, 16H x 20W inches acrylics on canvas

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

 

 

Shore Birds

Sunday, December 17th, 2023


 

Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Detail images:

  Left detail of Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC   Central detail of Shore Birds, Campbell River, BC  
         

Elk Falls Suspension Bridge View

Friday, December 8th, 2023


 

Elk Falls Provincial Park 03, view from the suspension bridge, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Elk Falls Provincial Park 04, view from the suspension bridge, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Astoria, OR

Monday, December 4th, 2023


 

Astoria, OR - Between Sun and Storm, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Astoria, OR landscape – Between Sun and Storm, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

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