Nico Paints

Color. Nature. Water. Air.

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Just finished today in #richmond - "Cosmic Moxie" Mural at @vitalityfloatspa off cary, on Robinson-across from the old GRTC that once held my first big wall ever for the 2nd @rvastreetart festival . Next one please! Currently booking for summer/fall No projectors used in this 40' x 20' piece. Latex and #oneshot Thanks to the team at Vitality for trusting me with this monster. Especially @kwaynek and @katiekbosch , thanks also to @sabartstudio who came out and helped me prime and did some base fills for me! And thanks to model @projectmoxie who was totally cool with having a 18 foot face, and thanks to the photographer who took the original photo of her. Tom for the scaffold help, and hamilton for lending me the stabilizers. Finally shout out to all those who came to say hi while I was painting. Final pics to follow once the scaffolds are down. #rvastreetart #urbanart #signpainting #mural #floating #cosmic #ladieswhopaintladies #muralista #streetart #swcolorlove #painting #rva #streetartofficial #wallcat #smarch (at Richmond, Virginia)

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Home stretch! The sun's out! Some dude told me I handle ladders "like a man" . It's a good day. What do you guys think? #mural #streetart #muralsdaily #signpainting #lettering #streetartofficial #rvastreetart #rva #rvaart #rvamag #ladieswhopaint #portrait #floating #cosmic #feministswhopaint #styleweekly #beautifulbizarre #painting #spa #bigwalls #wallcat (at Vitality Float Spa)

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Sneak peak of a #wip from my newest series in the #studio. I'm focusing on strong women that I've encountered in my travels. ON #internationalwomensday I want to encourage women to recognize and support other women in your life. Only together can we overcome the gender gap. In focusing on portraits of women I am hoping to address the importance of viewing the female form through the female gaze, where we are people, rather than the traditional male gaze, when women in art are objects of decoration. A note on the subject here. She is a business minded vegan, mom, urban gardener, jujitsu master, and all around amazing badass. I don't know how she does it all so flawlessly. Hope she doesn't mind I'm calling her out! #thefutureisfemale #feminist #ladieswhopaint #oilpaint #portrait #studioflow #rvaart #timesup #painting #art (at Richmond, Virginia)

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Celebrating #internationalwomensday while wearing purple and painting a purple #women on a #womenowned business in the cold. Oh! And I got to letter today. Whooo. #ladieswhopaint #mural #streetart #rvastreetart #wallcat #muralart #muralista #moremuralsplease #ladysignpainter (at Vitality Float Spa)

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Celestial @projectmoxie #wip all day long in at @vitalityfloatspa. A couple days left on this 40 foot beast. I'm going to be sad to let her go. #mural #streetart #beautifulbizarre #portrait #painting #sherwinwilliams #nicocathcart #rvastreetart #figurepainting #streetartofficial #bitcheslovemurals #ladieswhopaint #blue #purple #richmond #RVA #muralsdaily (at Richmond, Virginia)

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Quick 10 inch splended fairywren commission on this rainy day. Scale difference is the name of the game this week. Back to the 40 footer tomorrow. #bird #timelapse #oilpainting #birdart #birdladiesofinstagram #audubonsociety #blue #fairywren #painting #ladieswhopaint

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Be a lion. I will still be water - @nayyirah.waheed Progress today at @vitalityfloatspa #regram from thier feed. #mural #muralsdaily #rva #rvastreetart #havepaintwilltravel #floating #bitcheslovemurals #sherwimwilliams #muralista #painting #water #zen #space #blue #spa #bliss #ladieswhopaint (at Richmond, Virginia)

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It's #galentinesday so it's only fitting to talk about some of my new painting since I am working on a new series in reaction to my own feelings of helplessness that are a result of the #metoo movement. Which is so important, but also asks us all to confront pur own pasts. So. I'm painting a series of strong women, whom I admire for their resiliance, strength and grace. Here is an early drawing of a now almost-finished piece, on gold, of one of those portraits. I feel it's important for women to paint women away from the male gaze, which can feel predatory at times. I love my dudes, but ladies need to support and acknowledge the strengths of other ladies. So. Holla! To my strong lady friends. I see you and I love you! #feminist #communitynotcompitition #painting #portrature #painting #gold #canyouguesswho #wip #studio #ladieswhopaint

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Hey! My website broke awhile ago, and I just figured that out and rebuilt it. Simple and Clean. Check it out! Link in profile. What should I add? #artist #websitedesign #design (at Richmond, Virginia)

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Last week to check out @glavekocen small works show! I'm so thankful and humbled for the opportunity to stretch my metaphorical wings and show with such a prestigious gallery, alongside my friends and fellow artists. It really is a jaw dropping show. #painting #conservation #skull #endangeredspecies #birds #arctic #cacti #elephant #shark #skullart #gallerywall #oilpaint #andnowforsomethingcompletelydifferent #symbiotic #ecosystems #rvaart #richmond #installationshot #instaart #beautifulbizarre

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6 inch 2 hour study in oil tonight in preparation for a @vitalityfloatspa mural in early spring. I've decided to do a timed small painting everyday this week. Need more lady faces with vibrant lighting to paint. Anyone have a photo they wouldn't mind me painting from? Must have brightly colored light. Pm me! #portrature #space #serenity #oilpaint #figurepainting #floating #spa #zen #studio #study #art #ladieswhopaint #cosmic #allaprima #rva

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Thinking #spring in this gouache and ink of cherry blossoms and lantern from Vancouver's Cherry Blossom Festival in April. The small lights in the back a gilded as well. This piece and 6 more are headed up to Canada this week. #cherryblossom #gouache #getluckyartshow

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ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ or Inuksuk "that which acts in the capacity of a human" a Canadian Inuit landmarking , and symbol of friendship. Illustration Piece for the #getluckyartshow at @districtlocal in #Vancouver. Gouache, Ink, and gold leaf on paper envelope. Thinking about my country in the cold, and missing friendly faces from home. Might need to paint another one of these in oil. #CANADA #painting #illustration #gouache #inuksuk #goldleaf #red

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Having alot of fun with these tiny red envelopes from @districtlocal and gouache for the #getluckyartshow next month. Working on #Vancouver and #brittishcolumbia themes. These are all waiting for gold guild. Hoping to send em on back to B.C. by the beggining of next week. 🎆✨🎆🇨🇦 #wip #studiowall #Tinypaintings #birds #CANADA #cardinal #chineesenewyear

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Just received a package from @districtlocal in #Vancouver - happy to let y'all know I was asked to participate in the "Get Lucky" exhibition to celebrate #chineesenewyear. It's my first show in my homeland and I'm really happy to be working #CANADA red for this! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 I'll post as I go. Going to be working on Canadian flora and fauna. Thanks for asking me guys. #getluckyartshow #proudtobecanadian #painting #ladypainter

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#Update from a painting started in october during my @sacredwatersrva residency. I like layers and everything takes me forever. Debating myself on how finished this is in my winter studio. Thoughts? Maybe more silk work? #studio #painting #calvintheoxen #paint #art #bull #oilpaint #summervibes #virginia #virginiawilds #Ashland #animalmom #farm #windsornewton #instaart #wip #painting #rvaart #country #layers #glazing #oxen

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Another piece in the interconnected series. Hammerhead shark, with coral growing on skull. 8 inch square, oil on wood. For sale at glave kocen this month. Did you know that hammerhead are harvested for thier fins and returned to the water to die? . . . . #environment #shark #coral #fin #conservation #painting #instaart #beautifulbizarre #oilpaint #studio #skull #skullart #paintingforsale #smallworks #paint #windsornewton #blue #orange #ocean #savetheocean #saveourplanet #newwork #tinypainting #hammerhead #rvaart