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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
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Tag Archives: M. Nicole van Dam
Princess Bourke apparently not impressed with my music abilities!
Everyone is a critic! Princess Bourke apparently doesn’t think much of my piano playing skills – of course, she’s definitely not alone in that! I better stick to my art!
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged bourke, inspirations, M. Nicole van Dam, music, parakeet, parrot, pet
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My Art Book Book Breaks into the Top 10 in its Amazon Rankings!
I can’t believe it myself, but my book “The Art of M. Nicole van Dam, in Grayscale for the Kindle” has just been ranked as the 4th best and 7th best selling book on the Amazon Kindle in its two categories! … Continue reading
Up Close with a Fearless Bourke!
Our female Bourke is so fearless – and she loves technology! Here she is exploring the video camera, deciding if it gets to stay in her dominion or not. -And look at her beautiful coloring – like a sunset in … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, bourke, inspirations, M. Nicole van Dam, parakeet, parrot, pet
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New Bourke Parakeet Joins Family!
This is an amazing process, to add a new member – a new BIRD member – to our cozy family. We wisely took a video of the first meeting of our original Bourke Parakeet and our new little fella. It’s fascinating … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, bourke, inspiration, M. Nicole van Dam, parakeet, parrot, pet
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Turning Trash into Treasure for Charity Auction
Often charities give me things to paint so that they can be auctioned off to support the charity. I’ve done all sorts of things – a violin, a mask, and now… an old beat up saddle! In order to work … Continue reading
DISCOVERY: Best Tasting Tomato is NOT the Prettiest Shape or Color!
These photos say it all – the sudden bit of Summer in Fall was exactly what my tomatoes needed – and they are juicy and delicious! You can really see the difference between the varieties I planted. The chocolate cherry … Continue reading
Great Pictures from Creativity Central Event for the Cancer Resource Center!
Our Cancer Resource Center group fearlessly, creatively starting on the painting! From the start, everyone was a great team! Everyone worked on their corner, to start… -But it wasn’t long before everyone was moving around, and the colors were beautifully balanced … Continue reading
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Next Session of Creativity Central for the Cancer Resource Center Scheduled
We have scheduled the next session of Creativity Central! Please join us Monday, November 15th, 6:00pm—8:00pm at the Cancer Resource Center of Community Memorial Hospital for another colorful exploration of the creative spirit that lies within each of us. At this … Continue reading
Moonlight
Following is a poem, entitled “Love’s Adventure,” which I paired below with the “Moon” painting. This struck me as a fun combination. “Love’s Adventure” is one of the poems in the “Tempo – The Rhythm & Rhyme of the Artist” book … Continue reading
Fun Greeting Card Project
This design, called “Sailing Steady,” is one of the fun projects we will work on at the next Creativity Central session taking place October 25 at the Cancer Resource Center. For this particular project, each artist will choose a word to write in … Continue reading
Art Tour transforms our home into a gallery!
What an adventure – we’ve never been part of a home tour before. We cleaned (and cleaned and cleaned), and put as much art in the entry area as we could squeeze, and I have to say, we really loved … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Nicole's News Hot Sheet
Tagged art tour, exhibition, M. Nicole van Dam
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New Harvest, New Recipes!
Today was a phenominal harvest, so beautiful, so bountiful, a gift!!! One plump fig, one huge zuccini, lovely tomatoes of different varieties, one mystery melon, a juicy orange, basil – basil – and – more – basil, and….my first pomegranite!!!! … Continue reading
Heat Wave Good for Something!
The heat wave here blazed through the weekend. A/C bill undoubtedly through the roof this month! But the good news is – all that late summer sunshine kissed my green boulder-sized, rock hard heirloom tomatoes and made them blush juicy ripe! Check … Continue reading
"Tempo – The Rhythm and Rhyme of the Artist" Released!
“Tempo – The Rhythm and Rhyme of the Artist” is on Amazon now! This unique book blends the art and poetry of M. Nicole van Dam in a way that is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and always engaging. It’s available … Continue reading
Inca Dink, The Great Houndini – Full Color Paperback Books now Available!
So fun to announce that…drumroll… “Inca Dink, The Great Houndini” is now available in a cheery, full color paperback via Amazon, as well as for sale at traditional bookstores. HURRAY! In a previous post, I mentioned that “Inca Dink, The … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, New Nicole Artworks, New Nicole Product Updates, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Writer's Corner
Tagged Amazon, Apple, art, BBC, book, children, children's book, Dominic Byrne, Great Houndini, Inca Dink, iPad, iPhone, iPod, M. Nicole van Dam, Once Upon a Time, poetry
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"M. Nicole van Dam, a Retrospective 2010" Available in Print Now! Hurray!
How fun to be able to share that the “M. Nicole van Dam, a Retrospective 2010” is available in print now. This full color coffee-table type book includes virtually all of the major artworks of Nicole to date, plus sketches, … Continue reading
Functional Art – a Beautiful Answer to Economizing!
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 … Continue reading
Inca Dink, The Great Houndini Available for iPhone iPad iPod Touch!
You can now enjoy “Inca Dink, The Great Houndini, Magician in Training,” Nicole’s children’s book, on your iPhone, iPodTouch and iPad, narrated by both British voiceover superstar Dominic Byrne and by the author/illustrator M. Nicole van Dam. Inca Dink can be … Continue reading
