upcoming workshop / slow looking / oct 18/19, 2025

GALLERY

Avant Gardener, 2024

Avant Gardener, 2024
Meta Incognita, 2013

Meta Incognita, 2013
Abundantia, 2009

Abundantia, 2009
Desert Studio, 2014

Desert Studio, 2014
Stoneworks, 2013

Stoneworks, 2013
Sketch Books

Sketch Books

instagram / from the studio

@nicole_bowller

View fullsize As part of @nillumbikartistsopenstudios this weekend I will also be showing these gouache studies inspired by @lloydgodman living legacy of plants. To hear more about Lloyd, his greenhouse and my recent body of work join me for an artists talk - 2p
View fullsize Xeric growth 2024 oil on canvas 22.5 x 32.5cm $550 I painted many of the works from this series during the depths of winter, stopping to warm up by the fire with a tea in the @baldessinstudio every few hours. The colour temperature of this work, alo
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View fullsize Veil (Tillandsia usneoides) 2024 oil on canvas 42.5 x 42.5cm $750 In @lloydgodman greenhouse the plants envelope and embrace you from every angle, and none more so than Tillandsia usneoides, otherwise known as Spanish moss or Grandpa’s Beard.
View fullsize ‘Lololand II’ 2024, oil on board, 22 x 27cm $450 On display at @montsalvatartscentre until this Sunday 10th Nov, 10am - 4pm Along with the two other works painted on birch ply this piece is the first of several paintings featuring th
View fullsize ‘Lololand I’ 2024, oil on board, 22 x 27cm SOLD Currently on display at @montsalvatartscentre Three of works in the series ‘Avant Gardener’, including the work here, were painted in @lloydgodman greenhouse when the sun w
View fullsize ‘The earth song demands the patience of silence to hear’ 2024, oil on board, 32 x 42cm $650 Currently on display at @montsalvatartscentre Three of works in the series ‘Avant Gardener’, including the work here, were painted
View fullsize As part of the Slow Looking exhibition I am showing a group of works collectively titled ‘Avant Gardener’, a homage to my good friend and eco-logical artist, the late @lloydgodman. These ten oil paintings, painted on either linen or boa
View fullsize Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening of Slow Looking, the sun came out just in time! It was really special to share our work with you all. Thank you to @montsalvatartscentre for having us and to the team for all their support and assist
View fullsize For the last few years I have attended local, weekly long-pose life drawing sessions at Warrandyte and now at @dunmoochin. It has been a pleasure to spend my evenings with fellow artists and professional life models, all of whom I respect and admir
View fullsize It has been a true privilege to have spent the last few months painting in my good friend the late @lloydgodman beloved greenhouse. His legacy is truely a living one and his greenhouse and garden are full of Bromeliads and Tillandsias he collected
View fullsize EXHIBITION OPENING / Sat 19 Oct, 2 - 4pm I am delighted to invite you to a group exhibition I have curated and in which I will be showing a new body of work. SLOW LOOKING - The art of working from life Featuring artists Danni Bryant, Nicole Bowll

Draw (not always) everyday practice

@cultivatenoticing

View fullsize Loose, warm up sketches of delights from the garden
View fullsize Life drawing sketch Adam Coloured pencil on paper #draweverday #draw #pencilonpaper #sketchbook #lifedrawing #art #melbourneart #figuredrawing
View fullsize Quick sketch of a water course, attempting to capture movement and form #pencilonpaper #sketchbook #drawing #melbourneart #draweveryday #sketch
View fullsize Drawing in oils. Preparatory sketch for Adam’s four week pose at life drawing. Looking forward to trying out the Zorn palette on this painting. #drawing #drawinginpaint #oiloncanvas #lifedrawing #art #artmelbourne #figure
View fullsize Life drawing / Adam / 40min pose Watercolour pencil on paper #lifedrawing #drawingthefigure #draw #draweveryday #art #artist #pencilonpaper #sketchbook #lightandshade
View fullsize Quick banksia study Pencil on paper #draweveryday #draw #pencilonpaper #sketchbook #bluemountains #australianflora #cultivatenoticing
View fullsize Making the most of it at the kitchen table with kids drawing paper and a builders pencil #draweveryday #draw #callistemon #stilllife #pencilonpaper #sketch #art #melbourne
View fullsize Blissing out with the new @cressidacampbell @nationalgalleryaus catalogue. Stunning work beautifully captured in pictures and words. Looking forward to endless cups of teas & reading/looking/learning. Continuous line charcoal drawing. #drawev