Exhibits

Manhattan Arts International, Virtual Show - Her Story, Winter 2022

Studio Montclair, NJ - State of the Art Members Exhibit, Summer 2021

The Healing Power of Art, Virtual Show - In Honor of Nature, Spring 2021

Montclair Art Museum, NJ - Student Exhibit, Winter 2019-2020

Surtex, Surface Pattern Design Convention, NYC - May 2017

Studio Montclair , NJ - State of the Art Members Exhibit, Winter 2017

Chilton Medical Center, NJ - Nature Heals Exhibit, Winter 2017

Montclair Art Museum, NJ - Student Exhibit, Spring 2017

Montclair Art Museum, NJ - Student Exhibit, Spring 2016

Montclair Art Museum, NJ - Student Exhibit, Fall 2014

Some of my Highlights

Fall 2022 - I attended my first three day artisan market at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown NY. This was a good experience, I learned a lot, the weather was perfect and the crowd was friendly. My tote bags were launched here and they were a big hit. The Lotus Seed Pod was the fan favorite!

Summer 2022 - After creating my seed pod designs I decided they need to be on products too. These designs are now offered on table runners and tote bags. Yay! This is my first time offering tote bags and I am very pleased with the outcome. My fans seem to like them too. Milkweed Seed Pod in blue and Lotus Seed Pod in multi hue.

Spring 2022 Take 2!- My collaboration with Home to Harbour was launched! Four table runner designs for their web based, home decor store. Two fan favorite designs reinvented and two new designs inspired by the coastal lifestyle. Personally I am loving the sea kelp design!

Spring 2022 - Excited to launch my new pattern designs inspired by seed pods! It is so rewarding to see the final outcome after months of creation. Let’s hope others love them too! Wallpaper and table runners now have my seed pod designs on them.

Winter 2022 - I kept very busy developing a new line of patterns based on seed pods. Working in a more neutral pallet and seeing how I can abstract the shape of the seed. A line of patterns and table runners will be developed from these next. What else is there to do during the winter in the North East!

Fall 2021 - My third annual open studio at my home on the patio. A big success! It’s great to interact with my followers, admirers, clients and friends. People find it much easier to purchase a painting in person, it’s so personal that one must see the art to fall in love with it.

Summer 2021 - I kept busy with several painting commissions, mostly of florals. Lots of fun!

Winter 2021 - After a year of the pandemic, I needed to find new inspiration and a way to stay motivated. I spent a month in Florida and focused 100% on creating new patterns for my portfolio. Hours of painting and photoshop work paid off. My newest lines of gingko leaf and lotus flower patterns are a success. Now time to get the world to see them!

December 2020 - Ending the year with another wallpaper commission. I enjoy making patterns and seeing a happy client. The request was for a neutral and calm bamboo leaves pattern. Success! The manufacturer in NJ provided another great product and the installation looks great.

Summer 2020 - Expanding on my scarf designs I focused on table runners as people were asking for table top décor. Once I found a manufacturer in the USA, I dived in and ordered samples. The outcome is great and the the response from my following was supportive. These will be my focus for selling wholesale in the coming months.

February 2020 - I was fortunate to visit Costa Rica in late February 2020 and return just before my state had to Shelter in Place due to the Covid 19 virus. After wrapping my head around what was occurring in the world, I decided to get busy painting. Inspired by the trees in Costa Rica, when looking up at the canopy which seems likes miles high. Broccoli trees I was told they are called as they look like broccoli heads. Well, I love them and created a mini series of tree canopy paintings.

January 2020 - My first wallpaper design commission! This was very excising for me. The client gave me full design direction of using the color blue and creating a modern toile pattern. Otherwise I had full design control. Knowing the client is from Ohio, and has only lived in NJ for a handful of years, I used Ohio as inspiration. The design is made up of the Ohio state, tree, flower and insect. I had the wallpaper made at a manufacture in NJ and it was installed successfully.

Sept 2019 - This summer flew by and I was moving like lightening! One exciting event that I want to share is the painting workshop I attended in Southern France during late summer 2019. The goal was to expand my skills and learn new techniques, also to get me to think outside of my box (and it’s a strong box!). I had great success and the one skill I am applying currently is using pastels with my watercolor paintings. Also, trying to think outside of my box!

Fall 2018 - Visiting Cambodia, Laos & Thailand. I took three weeks off from life and experienced a great adventure in South East Asia. This trip opened my heart, my eyes and my mind. Their crafts are beautiful and the use textiles in Temples creates a museum environment. There were sculptors, potters, umbrella makers, weavers, batik stamping and re purposing of vintage garments. I gathered so many ideas that my head is spinning! Now to figure out how to implement the inspiration and create paintings and patterns from my travels.

Summer 2018 - This season has been fun as I launched my Instagram site. Another milestone completed! Follow me @Charlottenicoledesigns. I'll post my art inspirations, progress on paintings, finished work, scarves and new products. It will be fun!

Spring 2018 - The last quarter of 2017 I found myself designing a line of scarves titled "The Four Seasons". The public debut of these was at an artisan market in early December 2017. I had a successful artisan market and continue to sell the scarves. This was my first attempt at producing my own product with my designs, and I am very pleased with the results. Success!  Spring 2018 has been busy with promoting my scarf line. You can find my scarves on my Etsy store and I am in negotiations with a catalog/web store to sell my scarves in a modal fabric. Yah for progress!  Check out: CharlotteNicoleArt on Etsy and favorite my page or share with others.

Late Winter 2017 - I have not traveled to find new inspiration these past few month. Rather I have looked inward and allowed myself to focus on the projects that have been piling up in my work area. I brought my memories back to summer, on my bike rides on the dirt rail trails. The sunlight that comes through the tree leaves and creates shadows on the path are beautiful to me. I created two watercolor paintings based on these photos, you can see them in my Watercolors of Nature tab. 

Surtex 2017 - I participated as an exhibitor at Surtex held at Jacob Javits Center in NYC during the spring. This was my first time at Surtex and the experience was life changing for my art career. I was thrilled with the varied interest my work attracted. From packaging, to cards, to luggage. Athletic wear and dinnerware as well as flooring were also topics of conversation. And the painting that stole the show, was my blue leaves based on the photo I show in my Late Winter blurb below! 

Fall 2016 - During my trip to Chile I visited the Patagonia region, wine region and a coastal town. The use of color in South America is fantastic! Patagonia is a natural wonderland, where mother nature definitely showed off her talent. The dusty roads and open landscape in wine region were calming. Valpariso on the coast showed me that color is not something to be scared of. Embrace color!