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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Cedar

Thursday, November 20th, 2025


 

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

Hawthorn

Tuesday, November 18th, 2025


 

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

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

Gold In The Mountains 04

Monday, November 10th, 2025


 

Gold In The Mountains 04, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Gold In The Mountains 04, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. A favorite subject, Poplar trees and forest in the mountains of Kananaskis Valley near Calgary, Alberta in Fall.

Kingdom Animalia 2025

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025


 

Fruit Bats, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Fruit Bats, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size (2021). White mat, white wood frame with crackle finish.

Kingdom Animalia - 2025 - Nikki Coulombe - Fruit Bats - Artwork BadgeShowcased in Exhibizone’s international online exhibition, Kingdom Animalia 2025 September 20th – November 20th.

One of my most memorable and favorite experiences of all time was seeing what we initially thought were pinecones until they started moving – thousands of fruit bats in the pine trees at Adelaide Botanic Gardens, located within the city limits. On a very hot summer day at sunset we sat and watched them fly low across the river while skimming their bodies across the water, then fly back to a tree, settle on a branch and lick the water off their fur.

European Mountain Ash Leaves and Berries

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025


 

European Mountain Ash, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish
European Mountain Ash Leaves and Berries, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion

Friday, May 30th, 2025


 

Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion 02, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion (02), Oceanside beach hillside, Oregon. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

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.

Doe and Fawns

Monday, May 19th, 2025


 

Doe and Fawns, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Doe and Fawns, Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Details showing work as it progressed:

             
  Doe and Fawns, Phase 01, work in progress   Doe and Fawns, Phase 02, work in progress   Doe and Fawns, Phase 03, work in progress  

Still Smoldering

Thursday, May 15th, 2025


 

Still Smoldering, Sequoia National Park, CA - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Still Smoldering, after forest fire in Sequoia National Park, CA – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

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

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