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Colorado-based realist artist, Nicole Finger is a super-talented, highly-realistic oil painter who creates figurative realism art inspired by her family and surroundings. Immersed in beauty of the San Juan Mountains in Telluride, the artist enjoys juxtaposing stunning snow peaks with gentle tulips and peonies. She creates luscious textures painting almost any surface she chooses- donuts, tacos, jackets, lace and portraits. Painting large, realist artist captures your attention with fresh color palette and an unusual placement of common subjects on canvas. Finger loves the precision in oil painting and depicts the sunlit portraits of her children so realistically you want to marvel every detail in her art.
Finger holds a BFA degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and is represented by several art galleries including Victory Contemporary in Santa Fe and Skidmore Contemporary Art in Santa Monica. The artist received top awards for her realist painting in 2022 including IGOR, Best Portrait Award 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, (ANJE) , Honorable Mention, John Dalton Art Prize, Finalist, International FiKVA Award Finalist, 16th International ARC Salon semi finalist, American Women Artists (AWA) Juried Spring Online Show- Presidents Award and many more!
Her art is in many corporate collections including San Francisco Delta Sky Club Collection, San Francisco International Airport, Copper Mountain Hotel, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Denver, Children’s Hospital, Denver, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Children’s Hospital, Parker, St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction, Greeley Hotel, Greeley, First Warning Music, New York, NY and many more.
Contact Nicole: Website: fingerpaintingart.com | current project & charity info: https://www.instagram.com/postcodeukraine/ https://contribute.to/postcodeukraine
“The strength of the mountains and the fragility of the flowers and how that is a metaphor for life. It’s timeless and fleeting to be appreciative and grateful. It’s here. It’s beautiful and then it’s gone.”
Nicole Finger
Interview:
1-10 min art overview
13:23 image transfer process
15:45-17:20 underpainting technique
17:40 What’s so exciting about the process of realism oil painting?
19:50 Photography process
21:30 Ideas and technique of oil painting “Freedom”
24:00 About artists on the Moon Project
27:20 “Floralscapes” series inspiration & meaning
31:40 Painting of Svetlana and Postcode Ukraine project
35:20 Going out to art galleries
36:00 What inspires the artist to create art
37:20-39:40 How the artist markets her realism paintings (art marketing tips)
41:48 Wearable art painting (paintings on dresses)
46:50 Greatest success
47:50 & 51:00-59:00 Getting into museum art shows and galleries, tips for young artists
49:50 What the artist wants to say with her hyperrealism art
To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rZ-5HYMysEc
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