The Wonder of Nature: Prints by Nicole Richards
Nicole Richards makes artworks that reflect the wonder of nature and her own enthrallment with it. She often uses print media, and delves into the patterns of tree rings, flight formations of birds, and the growth patterns of leaves to create dynamic prints that speak to the complexities of the natural world.
Homage to the First Prints, woodcut
The works that strike me first in Nicole’s portfolio are her mixed-media prints of flocks of birds in different coloured skies. The prints are on wood panels, the grain of which shows through, grounding the flight imagery in another very terrestrial image. It’s interesting to see Nicole’s varied usage of wood throughout her works – in some, it is the surface on which the image is created, in others it is part of the image, but in all of her works it becomes a running theme that helps to solidify a subtle hint of the forest as being a jumping off-point.
Frog Clock, hand-coloured intaglio print
View Nicole’s portfolio of prints online at www.nicolerichardsart.com!