The Dancing With Trees collection
“We are all touched at some point by the beauty of trees, their significance to us and to the health of our home, the Earth. Creativity is the excellence that humanity has to offer. We have come full circle in the sense that it plays a vital role in our present responsibilities toward our future, and possibly the existence of the planet itself.
...our carbon footprint is worthy…
The Dancing With Trees solo exhibition, formerly named ‘The Majesty of Trees’ premiered at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina in June, 2009. May 1st through June 30th, 2010, 23 paintings were on exhibit in the Steinhauer Trust Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. Along with the extensive and ongoing collection of trees photography, the art collection includes paintings, illustrations, soft pastel drawings, and even furniture. Proposals to exhibit recent work will resume when my right brain wants to turn left!
I traveled quite a bit after 2010 and didn’t produce much work for years, until covid forced me to not go anywhere, so for the last couple of years (it’s now 2023), I’ve been enjoying recollections of those travels on 18 x 24 inch soft pastel works on paper like the one shown here of Shepherd’s Dell Falls in Oregon. Trees and forests are featured in many of them, but I’ve also tried flowers, animals, people, landscapes and seascapes.
Soft pastels can be messy but I’m learning how to use the supposed negative qualities to advantage. It’s a very interesting medium and I’m not ready to stop seeing what’s possible with them any time soon. However, I will stop to create any work orders.
Other work, special orders and pricing
I accept special orders for personalized acrylics on canvas or watercolor paintings, custom fabric design and painting, illustrations of favorite landscapes, pet portraits, will coordinate any themes and colors, or special requests for most any subject, any size. However, I no longer accept orders for human portraits. If interested in purchasing work that is listed but sold, please contact me at nikki_coulombe@hotmail.com. (that’s nikki_coulombe…) Work can always be recreated in the same spirit as the original, with its own unique character.
Most paintings on canvas are on sturdy home-built stretcher frames, 2 to 3 inches deep. For more about the quality of canvases, see the blog post, ‘Behind the Scenes‘. Most canvas paintings have wrapped sides painted, some are trimmed with a narrow frame, and for some, frames are unnecessary. Framed works on paper have plexi-glass protection.
Prices are based on skill level, amount of work involved, and dates created. Prices on older work are adjusted annually. This website is continually updated with new photos and pages. To view or purchase up-to-date tree-themed or other subjects in artwork listed for sale, visit my blog.
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Dancing With Trees 03, 85H x 45W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, wrapped sides painted, trimmed with narrow frame, was $7,000 |
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Kaniksu National Forest, Idaho 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed, framed |
| $750.00 | |
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Clearcut, Tillimook Oregon 18H x 24W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed, framed |
| $750.00 | |
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Birch, 12H x 16W inches watercolors on 120 lb cold pressed, framed |
| $550.00 | |
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The Sound of Silence, 36 x 24 x 2 inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, narrow frame |
| $550.00 | |
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Hypnoflakes, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas |
| $150.00 |  |
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Bigleaf Maple,12 x 16 inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed premium, professionally framed |
| $550.00 framed | |
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The Campsite, 22H x 28W inches framed size, watercolors on 140 lb. acid free, cold pressed premium, framed |
| $750.00 | |
Group of 16 Magic Square series
Each are 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas
Gallery-wrapped sides painted, frames unnecessary.
Hang on a wall or display on a shelf or counter-top.
Were $550 each
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Next 3 are sold, similar pieces can be replicated. Please allow 2 weeks for special orders.
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Dawn at Bell Rock, Arizona 24H x 18W x 2D inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, trim frame, was $350 |
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Gold In The Mountains 01, Kananaskas Valley, Alberta 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas, , dark stained antique frame, 28H x 24W inches total |
| $550.00 antique frame | |
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Mountain Fantasy 01 bookmark |
| $20.00 | |
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Dancing With Trees 02, 48H x 48W x 1D inches acrylics on canvas, trim frame |
| Was 550.00, now $300.00 | |
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Dancing With Trees 01, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 framed | |
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Deciduous Forest - Washington State USA - 12H x 16W inches watercolors on paper, framed |
| $350.00 | |
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Diamond Lake moonlight study, Oregon -14H x 20W inches watercolor on 140 lb cold pressed, framed |
| $350.00 | |
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Polypore Fungi, acrylics and sculpted, carved modeling paste on canvas, 3 dimensional, 58H x 41W x 2D inches, sides painted with trim frame |
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Magic Hour, The Gitxsan Pole in Thunderbird Park, BC Canada, belonging to Chief Wiha of The Wolf Clan, Kitwancool, 60H x 40W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, trim frame |
| Was 1,500.00 now $1,100.00 | |
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| What Big Leaf Maples Do At Night, 57H x 20W x 4D inches acrylics on canvas, led light system in back. Can be hung vertically or horizontally | |
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| $2,500.00 | |
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Autumn Sumac Bushes, acrylics on canvas refurbished director's chair, 48H x 23W x 16D inches, and set of four 6 x 4 inches acrylics on canvas, narrow red frames |
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Morning Light, 58H x 41W x 2D inches acrylics on canvas, framed. Sold but can be replicated in same spirit as original |
| Was 1,100 now $900.00 special order | |
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Shadows of Summer - Maple leaves, 60H x 40W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted, trim frame |
| Was 1,100 now $750.00 | |
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Flowering Eucalypt, Australia, 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas, framed |
| Was 550.00, now $250.00 | |
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Spruce, 24H x 24W x 1D inches acrylics on canvas, painting extends out onto narrow frame |
| Was 250.00 now $150.00 | |
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First Snow, acrylics on canvas, painting extends onto box-frame, 40H x 30W x 1D inches total. Sold, a similar piece can be replicated. Special order, please allow 2 weeks to create. |
| $550.00 | |
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Salt Spring Island Fog, 18H x 24W inches, graphite, dry pastels, colored pencils on paper, framed size 29H x 35W x 3D inches, was $750 |
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Mt. Walker Forest and Rhododendrons, 22W x 15H inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed premium, framed |
| $550.00 | |
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Blue Gum Eucalyptus Tree, Australia, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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March Winds: Ode to Jackson Pollock, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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The Great Ocean Road, South Australia - sold |
| 11H x 14W" prints, white mat $50 each | |
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Redbuds, 11H x 14W inches dry pastels on charcoal paper, white double mat and 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Moon Over Myrtle, morning moon in Lewisville, Texas, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Flamboyant Tree flowers and seed pods, 9H x 12W inches oil pastels on paper, framed |
| $550.00 | |
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Coconut Palm, Costa Rica 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Multnomah Falls Cedar, 18H x 24W inches oil pastels on paper, framed |
| $550.00 framed | |
| $250.00 matted only | |
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Eastern White Pine, 26H x 32W inches oil pastels on paper. Sold, 11 x 14" prints available with 16 x 20" white mat |
| $75.00 each | |
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Cedar at Stony Swamp, ON Canada, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Silent Witness - Juniper, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Lake Cote Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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White Pine Bows, 20H x 34W x 2D inches acrylics on canvas. Sold, a similar piece can be replicated. Please allow 2 weeks for Special Orders. |
| $350.00 | |
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Quaking Aspen, Maine, USA, 50H x 28W x 1D inches acrylics on canvas, trim frame. Older work. |
| Was $550 now $250.00 | |
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Branches bookmark, 6H x 3W inches watercolors |
| $20.00 | |
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Calgary In September, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Fairy Lake Sumac, BC Canada - 18H x 24W inches oil pastels on paper, framed |
| $550.00 | |
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Gold In The Mountains 02, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Poplar Stand, a 24H x 36W x 1D inch acrylics on canvas mounted on a 36H x 48W x 1 inch outer canvas, trim frame |
| Was 550.00 now $350.00 | |
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January Thaw, 11H x 14W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 22 x 26 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Galahs in Traffic, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper white double mat, 26 x 22 inches white crackle finish wood frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Cardinal, 24H x 24W x 1D inches acrylics on canvas, trim frame |
| $250.00 | |
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Stellars Jay, 8H x 11W inches watercolors on 140 lb premium, framed |
| $350.00 | |
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Raccoons, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed, framed |
| $550.00 | |
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Koala and Eucalyptus, 16H x 20W inches acrylics on canvas, framed |
| $250.00 | |
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Emerald Tree Boas, Dallas World Aquarium - 24H x 59W x 2D inches acrylics on canvas, wrapped sides painted, trim frame, |
| Was 750.00 now $550.00 | |
