About the artist
Nicky Belletier is a visual artist with a primary focus on landscape painting. She particularly enjoys experimenting with metallic and iridescent materials. Her work has been exhibited locally in New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She currently works from her home studio in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Artist Statement
Nature is my primary inspiration. Painting has become the process through which I come to understand the magical color and light of our natural world. I primarily work in acrylic paints using vibrant pigments to emphasize and sometimes exaggerate the colors I see in the landscape. In my recent work, I have especially been experimenting with interference and iridescent paints to help capture subtle color changes and reflections. Working from a combination of plein air sketches and reference photos, I also incorporate abstraction and pattern to evoke a sense of memory as opposed to a strict representation of a specific place.
Exhibitions
2023 Ellarslie Open 40, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
2023 The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn (solo), Lambertville Free Public Library Peggy Lewis Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2022 Off the Wall, West Windsor Arts Council, West Windsor, NJ
2022 93rd Juried Art Show, Phillips’ Mill Community Association, New Hope, PA
2021 Art All Night, Artworks, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Les Femmes, The Art Parlour, Frenchtown, NJ
2021 Summer Pleasures, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2021 Windows Of Hope, Lawrenceville Main Street, Lawrenceville, NJ
2020 Quarantine: Art in Isolation, Artworks, Virtual Exhibition
Press
"'The Darkest Hour' Exhibit at Lambertville Free Library" Town Topics, Accessed May 3, 2023. https://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2023/05/03/the-darkest-hour-exhibit-at-lambertville-free-library/
“Art on theTrail Featured Artist: Nicky Belletier” Lawrence Hopewell Trail, Accessed April 10, 2021. https://lhtrail.org/art-on-the-trail-featured-artist-nicky-belletier/.
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