Nicole Flickner

My Name is Nicole Wilson but for my art I go by my maiden name of Nicole Flickner. I am currently a student in college my plan is to become an Art Therapist but still do art on the side. 

 

As an artist, my goal is to have the people who look at my art feel some type of emotion, whether it be happy, sad, conflicted or even scared in some way. Emotions are a wonderful part of how the human brain works. To make some feel something for even a second is a lot. My main focus as an artist is drawing or painting, but I would consider other mediums of art to explore if I get a chance. I mainly work with drawing because I like the feel and messiness of charcoal, and the details I can create. But I also like the vibrancy of colors I can create with painting that I can’t get with charcoal drawing. The feel of my piece takes on a more darker approach because I don’t use much color in my pieces.

            Even though my goal is to express some type of emotion, I don’t always get that across to people. Sometimes the piece can just make you think or something that is just pleasing to the eye yet make you happy. The inspiration for my pieces is usually something that draws my attention and I then hope other will like it as well. As for my background, there are a few aspects of my life that have affect my art some. I have been creating art since I was in middle school but I was not serious about it until I was is high school then continued with practicing and learning in collage. My art is not a reflection of my life or something that happen, maybe a felling or an interest in my life. Art for me is more of something that I like to do, to shut of a side of m brain that thinks and just let myself create.