Nicole Fry Studios

Artist / YouTuber / Ancient Human

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Welcome to my Tumblr. Feel free to poke around, send an ask, or just say "Howdy".

Where else you can find me on the internet~

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Wires, Mixed Media, 6 x 8 inches, 2022.

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IRL Studio Session No. 115 (no audio)

Today’s painting session. Still goofing around with the Yupo paper. Not sure what to think of the stuff just yet.Materials used: Uni-ball Si

Today's livestream. Still goofing around with the Yupo paper. I'm not sure if I like it or not. I'm mostly just trying to figure out how it works.

Painting starts around the 6 minute mark.

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IRL Studio Session No. 114 (no audio)

Today’s doodling session. Working out the kinks in a new studio set up. I finally have a dedicated art space again! I also tried working wit

Today's livestream. Working out the kinks in a new studio set up. I finally have a dedicated art space again! I also tried working with Yupo paper for the first time. Definite a love-hate material, but it has possibilities!

I recommend skipping to the 24 minute mark - that is when the more interesting paintings start.

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Show is now open! See two of my paintings at (Un)Focused, an exhibit at Kansas City Artist Coalition in Kansas City, MO (USA). On show from May 15 - July 3, 2026. Venue website here. Installation photo courtesy of Madeline Marak (@madelinemarak on Insta) (play "spot my painting in the way back", haha!).

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Drifting/Dreaming Installation View, Bleach on black cotton cloth, 204 x 108 inches (dimensions variable), 2016

Audio component available at: soundcloud.com/nicole-fry-stud…

A throwback to my piece at the MFA Thesis Exhibition 2016 at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, MO. Feels like a lifetime ago..!

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Repost in honor of my 10 year anniversary of surviving my MFA. That was a really tough period of my life, and I still have mixed feelings about it to this day. However, it really shaped the arc of my life (for better and for worse), so there is that.

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Yellow Alleyway, Mixed Media, 4.5 x 6 inches, 2021

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Ryugan-ji Temple Tree, photo, no dimensions, 2024

Taking a break from art-making for a few days. Here's a photo from my trip to Tokyo last April. It was my first time in the city. I'd wanted to go to Japan since I was 10, and I finally made it at 32. It was only a three-day layover on the way back to the USA, but I had a grand time!

I had a day to myself that I spent walking continuously. Racked up 11 miles, visiting five temples (three shinto, two Buddhist). I tried to visit as many Shinto shrines as I could since I had never been in one before that day. I don't read Japanese, so I had a hard time telling the temple types from the outside. There were a couple of times where I'd walk in, see the Buddhas lined up near the door, and think "aw, we have this at home!" Still, every temple I went to was lovely, and Ryugan-ji Temple ended up being my favorite of the bunch.

Youtube / DeviantART / Instagram

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The video that keeps on keepin' on! Almost to the two year anniversary on this video, and nearing 200k views. What a wild ride it has been!

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Other Places I'm at on Tumblr

Here are the sideblogs I also run in addition to this one:

@landscapepeeper A random-catch all blog for my interests. Mostly sharing landscape paintings by other artists, with some fandom stuff occasionally.

@eternalsummersartorial A catch-all blog for fashion-specific interests.

@thecatwhoscrolledendlessly A fandom blog for The Cat Who book series by Lillian Jackson Braun.

@pizzasg A blog documenting my hunt for good pizza in Singapore. Rarely updated - which is a shame.

I also run the community page Landscape Artists of Tumblr. Check it out if you make landscape-themed art!

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Cranes, Mixed Media, 4 x 6 inches, 2024

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Blurry photo of Evening Waterway and Evening Waterway Revisited, framed and ready to be shipped off to Kansas City!

This will be on view at (Un)Focused, an exhibit at Kansas City Artist Coalition in Kansas City, MO (USA). On show from May 15 - July 3, 2026. Venue website here.

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Evening Waterway Revisited, Mixed Media, 5 x 8 inches (approx.), 2026

This will be on view at (Un)Focused, an exhibit at Kansas City Artist Coalition in Kansas City, MO (USA). On show from May 15 - July 3, 2026. Venue website here.

Youtube / Instagram / DeviantART

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Live stream from earlier today. Trying to put together some work for a group exhibition later this year. Not working out super great so far... ah well, gotta keep trying!

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Portland Head Light I, Mixed Media, 4.5 x 6 inches, 2021

Youtube / Ko-fi / Instagram / DeviantART / TikTok

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Resharing this sucker since it recently hit 120k views on Youtube. The fact that anyone watches my stuff (let alone +30k subscribers) is still wild to me.

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Substation Tree, Mixed Media, 4.5 x 6 inches, 2013

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Lilies at Botanical Garden, Mixed Media, 6 x 4.25 inches, 2025

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