The Creative Process:
I love to create, whether it is a subject that just occured to me, or a request from a client based on their specific needs. Often what I create from my own thinking is later selected by a manufacturer for use in creating a new product for them. Here is an example of how “Bench at Giverny,” an image I painted as a traditional painting, inspired by the beloved Giverny gardens of Monet, was selected by an international company for their product line to be transfromed into a glass plate, sold around the world:
Traditional Painting “Bench at Giverny”:
Glass Plate version of “Bench at Giverny”:
OTHER GLASS PLATES:Here are some of the new glass plates just released. There are now 18 different glass plates available!
THE SUN and THE MOON:
SWAN DUET (for the Romantic at Heart):
FOR SCRAPBOOKERS AND RUBBER STAMP MAVENS:
Another company has acquired the rights to some of my designs to create fun rubber stamps – I would LOVE to see the creations you make with them – please share your creativity with us! mailto:nicole@artimagination.com
COLLECTIBLES:
Another company asked me to design 3-D carved collectible cache pot – here is one of my designs, called “Honey Bee Happy,” in tribute to our hard-working, garden-making honey bees, and inspired by my vegetable gardening exploits. Inside the “Honey Bee Happy” piece, the words “Life is Beeautiful” are inscribed.HONEY BEE HAPPY:
SEASON’S SPARROW
Another collectible cache pot created for that company was “Season’s Sparrow.” As you rotate the piece, you will see a visual story about our friend the cheery sparrow journeying through each of the four seasons. Inside “Season’s Sparrow,” the words “Beauty in All Things” are inscribed. Follwing the picture of “Season’s Sparrow” is one of my poem’s that the manufacturer published in its worldwide Collector’s Newsletter to accompany the release of this fun collectible:
Season’s Sparrow
Sparrow of Winter
Where did you go
Almost disappearing
Behind drifts of snow
You live in a world of crystal
Glittering ice lining each branch and thistle
Sparkling as you flit your quiet dance
Before you take flight
Sparrow of Spring
In the dogwoods I hear your sweet song
You will be well hidden amidst the leaves
Before long
I see you flying, seeking your mate
Soaring through pastel skies on nature’s date
Building your nest amidst blossoms, buds and green
Your nursery soon full and not easily seen
Sparrow of Summer
Awash in a sea of leaves
Happily singing in the lazy breeze
Your job is done, an empty nest
Testifying that you’ve earned your rest
But ‘tis not all chirp and play
As you busily store Summer’s abundance
For another day
Sparrow of Autumn
Luminous fluttering falling leaves barely distract your eye
As you curiously watch plain me pass by
Raking leaves
You should know me by now, I think you do
I am the one, rain or shine, to fill your feeder for you
Framed by this world jeweled gold and red
The table is well set for my Sparrow to be fed
My Sparrow of Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn
My dear, dear friend
I looking forward to spending the seasons with you again.
-AND MORE GOODIES
Other companies have selected my work to make a myriad of other things, such as scarves, coasters, trays, even tile wall murals for kitchen backsplashes and bathrooms, which they manufacturer to fit the physical size of your space. It is an honor for me to think of so many people living with and using my art every day. If you have any photos of how you have created a living space using my art, I would love to see it! mailto:nicole@artimagination.com
If you are interested in seeing a portfolio of my work, please visit my our M. Nicole van Dam Official Website and if you are interested in purusing our store please visit http://www.myartshop.us. The store is programmed in a way that takes awhile to load, so please be patient and even if it looks like it is finished loading, give it a few extra moments to download all the photo images!!!!
