Upcoming Show at Screen Ink!

Pantone Forest

Paintings by Nicole Gustafsson

Exhibit Showing February 4th - 25th

Reception: Friday, February 4th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
At Screen Ink

416 South 11th Street  |  Lincoln, NE

If your in the area please stop on by for the reception next Friday. 

There will be live screen printing on T-Shirts with a design I created, plus food & drink and friends!

Organizing in the New Year

 I find that it's always more productive to work in a clean organized space, so that has been my project for the New Year. I got some great little white drawers to have a spot for all my Etsy materials (envelopes, tags,  bags, ribbon, labels).

It also gave me a better way to display my terrariums and various gems and minerals.

I also built this little coat hanger (scarf hanger for the moment) this weekend.

Painted pine board + white frame + hooks = finally a place to put my coat and hat when I come in the door!

        Into the Twilight Zone, 11x11, Gouache & Ink, 2010               Evil-Lyn's Quiet Time, 11x11, Gouache & Ink, 2009           

I'm making way for new work and having a mini studio sale. These two original paintings are looking for a new home. They are over 75% OFF their orginal price!!!

They are available for purchase at my Online Store!

Snow Day!

Today was the first day where we got a "pretty snow" where I live in Nebraska, and also meanings that it's a SNOW DAY! All the schools are closed and many businesses are taking a day off. For me, I'm catching up on some design work and painting some new pieces for my upcoming show.

Here is a sampling of paintings that will be in my upcoming show at Screen Ink. All of these are painted on Rives BFK paper. I originally bought it (way too much!) for my printmaking because it is great for etchings, but I also found that it is great for painting too! It's nice and cushy/smooth to paint on. (Goodbye way-too-expensive watercolor paper - for now anyway!)

Have a great *snow* day!

New Paintings - New Shows!

Fishing Fun, 15.25 x 11.5, Gouache & Ink on Paper, 2011

Here's the first painting of 2011! "Fishing Fun" is for a solo show at Screen Ink next month.
Lots of fun projects planned this year and below is a list of gallery shows that I will be participating in.

January - "Is This Thing on?" 100 Artists take aim at funny people" at Gallery 1988 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA

February - "Pantone Forest" Solo Show at Screen Ink, Lincoln, NE

March - "Art Blocks for Ghana" at Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra CA

April - Three Person Show with Todd Brown & Cody Carson Brown at Prairie Winds, Grand Island, NE

May -  Open!

June - "10th Anniversary of Wet Hot American Summer" Gallery 1988 Venice, Venice, CA

July - "Crazy 4 Cult 5 at Gallery 1988 Melrose - Los Angeles, CA
August - Open!
September - "Tribute To Old-School Video Games" Gallery 1988 Venice, Venice CA
October - "Solo Show" at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE

November - "Gifts from the Heart" at Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

December - "Holiday Showcase" at Graham Gallery, Hastings, NE

There are also a few events still in the works such as a book release this summer! 

I also hope to do the Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser again next November.

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For folks in Nebraska my work can be seen in person at Graham Gallery and 
the Lux Center for the Arts in their gallery year round.

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My work is also available at my online store!

Check it out for new cards, t-shirts, tote bags, and original paintings

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