News
December 2007
Look for "Fresh Sushi" in the Feb. 2008 issue of Watercolor Artist (formerly Watercolor Magic) magazine!
"Fresh Sushi" can also be seen on The
Artist's Magazine website, and is mentioned
in the November 12 entry of the Thank you to Nicholas' hometown newspaper, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, for this notice!
Opening reception for "Symphony in Color"
(see October update) at the Ratner
Museum, Bethesda
Nicholas has paintings in the 3rd Annual Exhibit of Small Works at Gallery RoCa, opening Saturday, December 1, 6-8 PM. |
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The December 2006 issue of Energies magazine, published by Total, the world's fourth-largest oil company (France). Nicholas Simmons' painting "Windswept" was used as the background for the Editorial page. The online version of the editorial can be seen here. Thank you Total and Veronique Billiotte of L'Agence, Ligaris Publishing, Paris.
Thank you to Marcello Dworzak and DaVinci for the very generous gift of their new line of fluid acrylics! These 48 colors are designed around the watercolorist's palette, and incorporate DaVinci's latest developments in pigment manufacturing. Visit the DaVinci website here.
Marcello Dworzak and Nicholas Simmons, Washington, D.C.
Nicholas Simmons' one-man show at Gallery
RoCa has been postponed until further notice!
View Nicholas' work online at Saatchi
Gallery and MyArtProfile.
June 2007
Nicholas just returned from Oregon where he shot his
DVD for Creative
Catalyst Productions!
Approximately 11 hours of footage will be edited down
to an exciting demonstration packed with unusual watercolor
techniques and augmented by the artist's refreshing
and sometimes-irreverent concepts and philosophy. Added
to this will be his original music, making a production
unlike anything else on the art instruction market.
Click here
to inquire about date of availability and pre-ordering,
or check this site again.
A new set was built by CCP especially for this DVD,
and featured reproductions of Nicholas' paintings
hung in the background. Click here
for more information and photos.
Nicholas with Jim and Lynn Powers, founders and owners
of Creative Catalyst Productions.
A big thank-you also to Golden Artist Colors for donating their fabulous Fluid Acrylics for this production!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to Jenny
Davis for winning the finals of the NSAL Harriett
Newbill Watermedia Competition (see April update)
in Tempe, Arizona!!!
Thank you to Belgian watercolorist Janine Gallizia for this generous notice and link on her site!
Regardez ce liens, une peinture d'un ami artiste américain Nicholas Simmons, j'adore, une peinture sublime!! http://www.nicholassimmons.com/paintings/recent-large/fresh-sushi.htm
Check out the link for this painting, the site is great but this painting sublime - I love it!! The artist is Nicholas Simmons an Amercian friend. Brilliant stuff!!! http://www.nicholassimmons.com/paintings/recent-large/fresh-sushi.htm
May 2007
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Nicholas will film his much-anticipated DVD for Creative Catalyst Productions this month in Oregon. Stay tuned for details!
Nicholas Simmons will conduct
a 2-day workshop for the Laurel
Art Guild at the beautiful
Montpelier Arts Center, November 3-4. See Workshop
page for details.
Nicholas will conduct a 5-day
workshop at the Art
Center Sarasota, February 11-15, 2008. A demonstration
will take place February 10. See Workshop
page for details
Nicholas has also just been scheduled to conduct a 5-day workshop at the Acadia Workshop Center on glorious Mt. Desert Island, Maine. July 21-25, 2008. See Workshop page for details.
Nicholas and NWS president Chris
Van Winkle at the VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, April
21 - National
Watercolor Society All Members Show
Nicholas, Barbara Nechis, and
Bruce MacEvoy at Barbara's studio, Napa Valley
April 2007
"Ma Belle Ami" was
accepted into the National Watercolor Society All Member
Show.
VIVA
Gallery - Valley Institute of Visual Art
13261 Moorpark St, Sherman Oaks, California
April 18 - May 5
Reception Saturday, April 21, 3-5 PM
Ma Belle Ami - 41" x 41"
Nicholas will conduct a 5-day workshop organized by the Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, November 12-16. See workshop page for details.
Nicholas was one of four judges for the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Harriet L. Newbill Art Competition, Watermedia on Paper, sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. Congratulations to the incredible Jenny Davis for winning the $4000 prize! Jenny will go onto to compete in Arizona for the top prize of $10,000.
Nicholas and Jenny Davis with
her portrait, "Tess."
Jenny Davis with Harriet Newbill
and Nicholas at the reception March 18,
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda
March 2007
Thanks to all who participated
in the Sarasota workshop, it was a great success and
Nicholas has been invited back for next year.
Thanks also to the 70+ people who attended the demo
on February 11, it was a lot of fun!
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Nicholas was filmed while working in his studio for Maryland Public Television's Artworks This Week which aired December 13. Thank you MPT and special thanks to Katrina Threat for producing this feature! Click HERE to read more.
Nicholas will be judging a watermedia competition for the National Society of Arts and Letters. The reception will be held Sunday, March 18, 2- 4 pm at Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, 4728 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, Maryland.
Look for a full page ad featuring Nicholas Simmons' work in an upcoming issue of American Art Collector.
Nicholas has been invited to exhibit in the 2007 Florence Biennale.
Bustin' Out For Rosey - 25"
x 50"
February 2007
Thank you to the Sheppard Pratt
Foundation for their purchase of "Night Light #
2: Times Square"
for the Sheppard Pratt Permanent Collection in Baltimore.
The acquisition was made under the recommendation of
San Francisco curator Ted Cohen. The painting will hang
in the new Weinberg building with an outstanding collection
of works by recognized artists. Click
here to visit the Sheppard Pratt website.
Night Light #2: Times Square -
40" x 60"
Weinberg Building
Don't miss Nicholas Simmons'
Watercolor On The Edge workshop at the Art Center
of Sarasota, February 12-16.
A demonstration will take place Sunday, February 11,
at 2:00, and is open to the public. Click
here for details!
Aegis II - 15" x 30"
January 2007
Click HERE
to read about Nicholas Simmons on Maryland Public Television.
Pictures soon!
Nicholas will have a one-man show at Gallery RoCa opening August 4, 2007.
Thank you to Robert Genn and The Painter's Keys for selecting Nicholas as Featured Artist. Click HERE and scroll down to view.
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Thank You! to Watercolor Magic magazine for the wonderful feature in the February 2007 issue.
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Visit the Watercolor Magic site HERE
Don't forget the Sarasota workshop
in February! Click HERE
for details.
More workshops are being considered and scheduled, please visit this page again soon.
or availability and details.