Coffee, Art, Convo, Good Eats, Friends - Drip Cafe DE!

Nicole Royer Art at Drip Café in Hockessin, DE

"The Thirty + Show"

Only open for 2 years, Drip Café provides a delicious, friendly atmosphere with a unique coffee menu and great food!  What more could an Artist ask for other than nice customers to come in & enjoy the Art as if it were in their own home while they chat and eat?

The Thirty + Show is a compilation of original Abstract pieces which are over 30" in size. I normally work in cohesive "series" by theme but this time, I wanted to give the audience a view of my latest pieces and not necessarily group them into a subject matter. This allows me to be creative and expressive in my color and style while still thinking about where I want to go next.

 

Drip Café "The Thirty + Show"

Speaking of "what's next", my second "Maternity Series" is coming up and soon I will be taking on new commissions about being a mother, having a mother, losing a mother, etc.  I am counting down the next 2 months from having my second baby boy!  I can't wait to help others capture their experiences again in an original painting which is full of emotion, color and movement based on their unique stories.  I will create another full-color book including all contributors' paintings and stories with photos of the families' smiling faces.

I'd love to see you at the The Thirty + Show coffee tasting event on

October 10th from 2-3pm at Drip Café!

 

Nicole Royer

 

Drip Café

144 Lantana Drive

Hockessin, DE 19707

www.dripcafede.com

(302) 234-4430

“Best of DE” Winner in 2014 for Coffee!!!

www.nicoleroyer.com/maternity

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"Heaven and Hell" - Where do you see yourself?

"Heaven and Hell" - Series of Paintings by Nicole Royer

In my new series of acrylic paintings on canvas, I explore the idea of using black, white, gray and a splash of gold to highlight my painting techniques.  I use texture, layering, thickening mediums and motion in my brushwork to express the feelings of
"Heaven and Hell". 

 

It started with one canvas earlier this year, of only white and black paint.  Once the paint and water started mixing together on the canvas, grays started to form.  This piece entitled "Angelfire" stirred emotions to begin a whole new idea for me, someone who is normally such a color-filled Artist!

In exploration of "shades of gray" (no, not that kind), I discovered dragging a large, flat brush over semi-dry paint, and even adding more paint at times, will give unique textures and variations in the gray shades.  I have dripped a few dots of black over the mostly-white background and pulled out striations as if in a varied sky on a cold day.  You won't see any fluffy, white cumulous clouds but you may experience a glimpse of light gray, stratus clouds leading up to Heaven. 

So, on to the context of this series of work...

I started grouping my paintings into a series once "Inferno" was completed in October.  I knew after I had traveled to Los Angeles, I had some new feelings brewing inside but I wasn't sure what they were.  "Inferno" is a painting in reds, blacks and golds which looks like Dante's Inferno of Hell.  It is a sharp contrast to the dusty, whisps in "Angelfire".  I don't know if it was because much of the clothing in LA has angel wings on them, being the City of Angels, or if it's because I've been watching tv shows like "Supernatural", "Grimm" and "Constantine".  Whatever it was, something struck me about this subject. 

The 3rd painting is titled "First Breath".  I don't want to give this one away yet so I'll let you think on this!

The 4th painting, "Souls' Ascent", is probably my favorite so far. 
Here is a pic of the full image, below. The original is 36" x 48" 




The 5th painting is titled "25 Lashings" and it is a very large 48" x 60" piece, almost lifelike in size. It depicts the idea behind this religious form of whipping punishment.  This painting is emotional, a little violent and yet somehow suggests an end at peace.  I can't wait to share it with you all in person!

My 6th painting, "Into the Gates", uses more grays and gold.  The shiny gates leading into Heaven's doors open only for deserving souls.  It is a bit smaller at 30" x 40" and uses more of a drip technique than the brushwork of some others in the series. You can see it here...

I can't wait to finish this group of paintings and show them in person!  I am looking for the perfect venue for 2015 and will be updating my blog as things progress.

Take care...

- Nicole Royer, Abstract Action Painter

www.nicoleroyer.com