Nikki D. May
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About Me

I am an artist and designer from Paducah, Kentucky. I spend my days drinking too much coffee and trying to save the world from bad design. I really just want to draw pretty pictures.

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Instagram post 2172662522744802847_292651 Time for some more pretty flowers! 🌻🌺🌷🌸
Instagram post 2170043479934518878_292651 It's time to pretty up your computer, phone and tablet, don't you think? Sign up for my email list and get pretty pictures and more in your inbox at the beginning(ish) of every month!
Instagram post 2169906697423179493_292651 This dude knows how to spend a Monday! Scroll to see the pillow he’s snuggling with and the original drawing (in an antique book!) that it came from. This pillow is available on my website and more from the series are coming soon!
Instagram post 2166905085616410795_292651 Work in progress on Tennessee’s state flower.
Instagram post 2162036391522258209_292651 Here’s what I did today in the Oil & Cold Wax workshop at @ephemerapaducah with @lisapressmanart. It was hard, frustrating and super fun. I don’t even hate what I did! Also, I fell in love today. Her name is Transparent Orange. She’s beautiful.
Instagram post 2160482764932450397_292651 When you are already swamped with work and wondering how you will meet all of your deadlines, but a friend gifts you her spot in an amazing oil and cold wax workshop with the fabulous @lisapressmanart at @ephemerapaducah , you decide to give up sleeping for the next week or two and quickly scrounge for supplies! I've been wanting to try to loosen my style a bit - not always, but really just to see if I can! When I work with media that I'm really familiar with, it's really hard to not fall into what's comfortable and known, which for me is tight line drawing and very controlled use of materials. I'm not great at letting go of control. And when I'm working with my usual media, in the limited time I have for my art, I feel pressured to make something that I can sell. When I'm not doing my precise line drawings, I'm designing logos and building websites. These are VERY precise, controlled things! This workshop should be exactly what I need to take me WAY out of my comfort zone and help me loosen up! I haven't used oil paints since one undergrad painting class - 32 years ago - and I've never tried cold wax. I'm excited and a bit terrified of using both. The best thing about trying new media and techniques is that I don't feel the pressure to actually create finished work and can let myself loosen up some. Hopefully! This piece is probably the loosest and most abstract piece I’ve ever made. Encaustic and trash (discarded drawings, orange and banana peels, spilled wine, cranberries, muffin wrapper, etc.)
Instagram post 2159021100974258030_292651 Sometimes you’re at a big party and a lovely woman buys your hand-drawn/handmade earrings right off your ears!
Instagram post 2154754427278759006_292651 South Carolina’s state flower is Carolina jasmine - also known as Carolina jessamine. The state insect is a Carolina mantis. I like this drawing of the flowers and I love the drawing of the mantis, but I’m not really thrilled with how well they work together. The level of detail in each isn’t the same - the flowers more simplified and the mantis is very highly detailed. I might need to reconsider.
Instagram post 2150407165861894582_292651 Work in progress on this little mantis. #ijustwanttodrawprettypictures
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