ARTIST INFO
Thanks for taking the time to visit the various pages of my website.
If you have comments, questions or inquiries on pricing, please email me at karolenicholson@karolenicholson.com .
All painting are original and for sale. For shipping, purchasing unframed paintings is suggested and most practical. My pastels are preserved under conservation or museum quality glass and custom framed.
If you wish to review a more extensive inventory of my art work, please email me at karolenicholson@karolenicholson.com indicating the subjects you wish to view. Representational works include pastoral landscapes, vibrant florals and "snapshots of everyday life" stills. Recently I have expanded to include abstracts created in oils, pastel and acrylics.
For most of my pastel paintings I use Wallis or Uart sanded paper or I create my own surface on Masonite board which has been prepped with gesso. A ground of pumice and sand is then applied to prepare the surface to receive the medium. After a series of small sketches to develop my design, I often begin with a watercolor under painting to establish values and palettes. Using a broad range of hard and soft pastels, I then begin the intimate process of painting. These web pages contain some of my most current works.
Artist Biography
For over 30 years, Karole has explored various expressive mediums including ceramics, collage, watercolor, and hanging sculpture. In 2002, she took her first pastel class and discovered the medium that would speak to her like no other. Karole attended Rhode Island School of Design studying graphic and advertising design. She has studied pastel technique from internationally acclaimed artists Richard McKinley, Bob Rohm, Liz Haywood-Sullivan, Kim Lordier and Robert Carsten in workshops throughout the country. Her award winning work has appeared in many solo and group shows throughout New England. In 2008 she traveled to Peru with the Art Ambassadors Project and in 2011 to Italy to experience and paint the Umbrian/Tuscan landscape.
Karole is a member of the Attleboro Arts Museum, Franklin and Foxboro Art Associations, the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and the Connecticut Pastel Society. She is represented by the Next Door Gallery in Mansfield, MA, Venetucci Home Gallery in Newport, RI and Preservation Framer in North Attleboro, MA.
Education, expereince and affiliation
Advertising design certificate Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Creative studies include pottery, pastel, sculpture and print making at the
Rhode Island School of Design and Attleboro Arts Museum School.
Pastel painter, collage artist, and designer of original art greeting cards: torn art, collage, point d'art and mini landscapes.
Creative artist and facilitator for healing arts workshops at Community VNA.
Designer of "Second Spirit" wall hanging using found objects, recycled materials, organics.
Freelance graphic designer: brochures, newsletters, annual reports, logos, communication designs, identities.
Thanks for taking the time to visit the various pages of my website.
If you have comments, questions or inquiries on pricing, please email me at karolenicholson@karolenicholson.com .
All painting are original and for sale. For shipping, purchasing unframed paintings is suggested and most practical. My pastels are preserved under conservation or museum quality glass and custom framed.
If you wish to review a more extensive inventory of my art work, please email me at karolenicholson@karolenicholson.com indicating the subjects you wish to view. Representational works include pastoral landscapes, vibrant florals and "snapshots of everyday life" stills. Recently I have expanded to include abstracts created in oils, pastel and acrylics.
For most of my pastel paintings I use Wallis or Uart sanded paper or I create my own surface on Masonite board which has been prepped with gesso. A ground of pumice and sand is then applied to prepare the surface to receive the medium. After a series of small sketches to develop my design, I often begin with a watercolor under painting to establish values and palettes. Using a broad range of hard and soft pastels, I then begin the intimate process of painting. These web pages contain some of my most current works.
Artist Biography
For over 30 years, Karole has explored various expressive mediums including ceramics, collage, watercolor, and hanging sculpture. In 2002, she took her first pastel class and discovered the medium that would speak to her like no other. Karole attended Rhode Island School of Design studying graphic and advertising design. She has studied pastel technique from internationally acclaimed artists Richard McKinley, Bob Rohm, Liz Haywood-Sullivan, Kim Lordier and Robert Carsten in workshops throughout the country. Her award winning work has appeared in many solo and group shows throughout New England. In 2008 she traveled to Peru with the Art Ambassadors Project and in 2011 to Italy to experience and paint the Umbrian/Tuscan landscape.
Karole is a member of the Attleboro Arts Museum, Franklin and Foxboro Art Associations, the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and the Connecticut Pastel Society. She is represented by the Next Door Gallery in Mansfield, MA, Venetucci Home Gallery in Newport, RI and Preservation Framer in North Attleboro, MA.
Education, expereince and affiliation
Advertising design certificate Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Creative studies include pottery, pastel, sculpture and print making at the
Rhode Island School of Design and Attleboro Arts Museum School.
Pastel painter, collage artist, and designer of original art greeting cards: torn art, collage, point d'art and mini landscapes.
Creative artist and facilitator for healing arts workshops at Community VNA.
Designer of "Second Spirit" wall hanging using found objects, recycled materials, organics.
Freelance graphic designer: brochures, newsletters, annual reports, logos, communication designs, identities.
