{"id":778,"date":"2018-05-30T13:33:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/?page_id=778"},"modified":"2022-02-15T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T18:06:50","slug":"artists-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/shows-collections\/artists-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist’s Statement & Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolette Toussaint is a painterly realist who works in oils, watercolor and drawing media.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/shows-collections\/artists-statement\/paintingclose\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,700\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"PaintingClose\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?fit=300%2C175&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?fit=660%2C385&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?resize=660%2C385\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?resize=300%2C175&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?resize=768%2C448&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PaintingClose.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>A Colorado native, Toussaint\u2019s frequent subjects include wildlife, animals, and Rocky Mountain scenes. She teaches drawing and painting classes in various locations in Colorado, including <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/plein-aire-painting\/\">plein aire<\/a> workshops in the summer and watercolor classes at Colorado Mountain College.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been exhibited in <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/shows-collections\/\">numerous shows<\/a> at Carbondale\u2019s Launchpad, the Main Street Gallery and the Aspen Chapel Gallery, among other places.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/shows-collections\/artists-statement\/puppyapachegirl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PuppyApacheGirl.jpg?fit=3077%2C4229&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3077,4229\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"3.6","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot ELPH 170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1510578873","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.5","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"PuppyApacheGirl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Apache Girl with Puppy<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PuppyApacheGirl.jpg?fit=218%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PuppyApacheGirl.jpg?fit=660%2C907&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PuppyApacheGirl.jpg?resize=375%2C515\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She won the Meininger Prize at the 2017 Rockies West National Watercolor Exhibition for the “Apache Girl and Puppy” watercolor above, and she has had several one-woman shows at Colorado Mountain College and the Bookcliffs Center for the Arts. As of 2022, she has been elected to signature membership in the Western Colorado Watercolor Society.<\/p>\n<p>If you’re curious about what inspires Nicolette and prompts her to make art, you might enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/shows-collections\/artists-statement\/meet-the-artist\/\">reading this profile<\/a> from Carbondale Arts’ 2020 “Know Your Artist” series.<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>Toussaint holds a Masters degree from Chicago\u2019s Illinois Institute of Design and graduated from CU Boulder with Bachelor\u2019s Degrees in English and Journalism. A Colorado native, Nicolette lives in Carbondale, and in addition to painting, writes monthly columns for the Sopris Sun and the Post Independent newspapers.<\/p>\n<h2>Resume<\/h2>\n<p>Click this link to download <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolettearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ToussaintArtistResume2021-compressed.pdf\">Nicolette Toussaint’s artist’s resume<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolette Toussaint is a painterly realist who works in oils, watercolor and drawing media. A Colorado native, Toussaint\u2019s frequent subjects include wildlife, animals, and Rocky Mountain scenes. 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