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Nicole’s Portfolio
Following you can scroll through some of the images in Nicole's portfolio. At the main Portfolio menu tab you can see a more complete portfolio, and at our Store on this site, you can purchase Nicole's artworks.
It's Spring
Gondolier of Venice
I Love You Mom
Winter
Autumn Rose
Bench at Giverny
Cello Fantasy
Contemplating Eve
Summer Afternoon
Ballet des Fleurs
Dolphin Fountain at the Harbor
I Love You Mom
Country Cottage
Passion Flower
A Healing Space
Flower Celebration
War and Peace
Mission at Santa Barbara
Flower Faeries
Roses of Conquest
Sailing
Floral Chorus
Voting Booth
Butterfly Woman
Flowers and Song
Grandma's Table
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Spa Day
WaterFall
Waiter at the Champs Elysees
Tea Time
Water Fountain
Beckoning Bay
Yellow Light
Swan Duet
Chef at the Farmer's Market
Meubles de Jardin
Jaaazzzz
Bon Jour
These Boots Are Made for Walkin!
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Author Archives: Artimagination
A Cardinal Christmas
In Cardinal Christmas I wanted to create a bright, cheery nature-themed artwork for the Winter holidays, with bright reds against a wintery sky. If you look closely you will also see delicate pine cones tucked in tufts of snow and … Continue reading
Autumn Uninterrupted
Autumn Uninterrupted is my homage to M.C. Escher’s technique, because each outline of a leaf helps to form an outline of another leaf. I also wanted to create the tumbling chaos and beautiful color of fall leaves, inspired by my … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations, Nature and Animals, New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet
Tagged art, autumn, autumn uninterrupted, conservation, environment, escher, fall, fall uninterrupted, garden, graphic, inspiration, M. Nicole van Dam, m.c. escher, mc escher, nicole van dam, nvd
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Lady of the Leaves
Lady of the Leaves Lady of the Leaves, created in 2015, was inspired by my lovely childhood daydreams and imaginings (which I admit I still enjoy when working in my garden). It was so fun to imagine flower fairies and magical beings … Continue reading
Beautifully Big Ben
Beautifully Big Ben features not only Big Ben, but the flowers of England (the rose), Wales (the daffodil), Scotland (the Scottish thistle and the Scottish bluebell), and the clover of Northern Ireland. The more you look a this artwork, the … Continue reading
Posted in New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, The Artist's Thoughts
Tagged architecture, art, big ben, bluebell, clock, clover, daffodil, england, europe, floral, flower, ireland, lucky, M. Nicole van Dam, northern, nvd, scotland, thames, thistle, wales, water
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“Tempo – The Rhythm & Rhyme of the Artist” now in its 2d Edition
“Tempo-The Rhythm and Rhyme of the Artist”™ (which is the second book in the Artimagination® Inspiration Books series) is now in its 2d Edition. This 2d Edition includes a few new artworks, poems, and inspirational sayings, and also includes a … Continue reading
My Cockatoo Coloring Book Makes New Friends!
As an artist I enjoy meeting young talent. I had so much fun this weekend meeting Liv and Rowen and their very nice parents. Both Liv and Rowen are very artistic, smart and as nice as can be. I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Club Color Artists
Tagged children's books, Cockatoo, coloring book, young artists
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Raining Cats & Dogs Boot is Adorable & it’s available now!
The super fun Raining Cats & Dogs boot just became available on Amazon at this link: It is SO SO SO CUTE! -and if you look closely, you’ll see one of my dogs (with his tennis ball) and one of … Continue reading
New Version of Quest Master® Released
An update to the Quest Master® Achievement app has just been made available for the Apple iPad and iPhone. This update, among other things, includes more motivational support – artwork and sayings – by yours truly. Here’s an example of … Continue reading
Updated Purchase Links for Children’s Books
Greetings! The Amazon gremlin has been at it again – for those of you seeking the current links to purchase my children’s books, here they are, and THANK YOU again for supporting my work: As always, the books you buy … Continue reading
Nicole creates her 1st font!
You can tell by looking at this site that I love fonts. It’s no surprise then that I decided to create my first font, and in the process I discovered that creating fonts is very zen-like. There’s a peace and … Continue reading
Poinsettia Passion
Poinsettia Passion was inspired by the lush royal red abundance of overlapping poinsettias upon poinsettias during the holidays. I used several different red pigments to create this work, to ensure that it didn’t look flat and too monotone. I wanted each poinsettia … Continue reading
Posted in New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio
Tagged art, black, christmas, flower, garden, holiday, M. Nicole van Dam, nvd, passion, poinsettia, poinsettia passion, red
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Hi Emily, Kaede, Quinn and Isaac!
I had so much fun meeting young talented artist Emily (who loves to draw dragons – how fun is that!) and her wonderful and super smart and nice cousins Kaede, Quinn and Isaac, and their mothers. Emily is very much … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Club Color Artists
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Color Chorus
In Color Chorus I wanted to play with Pointillism, which is the technique that lets your eye blend smallish dots of colors to see more colors. This technique of Pointillism was invented by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in 1886, … Continue reading
Posted in New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio
Tagged art, chorus, color, georges, impressionism, inspiration, M. Nicole van Dam, nvd, paul, pointillism, seurat, signac
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Dance of the Fall Leaves
Dance of the Fall Leaves is one of those artworks that you can get totally lost in. I intentionally created Dance of the Fall Leaves so that it has no true up or down or left or right – you … Continue reading
Posted in In the Garden, Nature and Animals, New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio
Tagged art, autumn, color, dance, environment, fall, fall color, falling, garden, leave, living green, nature, nicole van dam, nvd, seasons
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Snowflake Sonata
Snowflake Sonata was almost entitled “We are all Snowflakes” – each snowflake in the artwork is unique as each of us are, and yet the snowflakes also share many common things and interact. Snowflake Sonata was a very interesting artwork … Continue reading
Papillons de Paisley
Papillons de Paisley is a fun play on paisley patterns, blending lively colors with my love of butterflies and gardens. The longer you look, the more butterflies you will see. Available in Limited Edition prints and more, available at Create.bz. … Continue reading
Raining Cats and Dogs and …
Raining Cats and Dogs is a fun artwork filled with hidden smiles. The more you look, the more you’ll see – from various breeds of cats and dogs to bunnies, hamster, cockatoo, parakeet, rooster, piglet and so much more. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations, Nature and Animals, New Nicole Artworks, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio
Tagged animals, art, basset, bird, bourke, bunny, cat, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, cheshire, chihuahua, Chihuahua Papillion Pomeranian, Cockatiel, Cockatoo, corsa, dog, german shepherd, hamster, huskie, kitten, Leonberger, M. Nicole van Dam, malamute, nvd, parakeet, parrot, pet, piglet, play, pomeranian, puppy, rabbit, rain, sharpei, spaniel, water
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