My personal project during quarantine has been to use art to normalize mask wearing as a way to protect each other from Covid-19: Face masks save lives. “Masked Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Nikki Smith. “Masked Mona Lisa” by Nikki Smith and Leonardo da Vinci. I protect you, you protect me. “Masked Self-Portrait of Vincent van Gogh” is a …
“My Violin Whispers Music in the Night” is a digital watercolor by Nikki Smith. As I was creating this piece, I had the strangest notion that if one listened close enough you could hear the soul of a musical instrument in the quiet of the night. That perhaps they were never really silent, if only we knew how to listen. …
I love music. I love how it can sweep me away, create a mood, give me energy and lift my spirits. More and more, I’m seeing my artwork reflect the music that inspires me to create. This piece is no exception: Copyright Nikki Smith, 2013; All Rights Reserved. Model: Jenna Kellen as photographed by: Marcus Ranum Can you hear the …
This week I’ve been having a blast playing with words and making fine art! Here are a few of my creations:”Men Are From Mars,” as anyone who has ever dated one surely knows. The backdrop for this quote is the actual surface of Planet Mars, as seen from the Phoenix Mars Lander. And the below artwork contains a nebula photographed …
These formerly unfinished-objects are UFO’s no more! I finally finished two of my three-plus fabric postcards for the Cloth Paper Scissors fabric postcard challenge and got them in the mail today. On time. Early, even! The top one has one of my “wee planets” printed on white muslin and stitched to this fun, fuzzy fabric from my stash. It reminds …