Press Release: SFOS 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Artist Nicole Hanusek to Debut Home Studio at ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios San Francisco, CA – September 5, 2024 – Local artist, Nicole Hanusek, is thrilled to announce the opening of her home studio for the first time during ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios (SFOS) event. The public is invited to experience her…
Smart Artist Hub Interview
I’ve been interviewed by the folks over at Smart Artist Hub, they help artists around the world thrive. Here’s the introduction: We’re excited to feature San Francisco-based artist Nicole Hanusek in our latest Smart Artist Hub interview. Nicole’s extraordinary watercolor paintings blend realism with abstraction, capturing the essence of her subjects in a captivating way.…
The Making of an Octopus: My Art Process
My art process started a long time ago, back in college when I accidentally got some water on an assignment made with markers. I realized that I could treat them just like watercolors with a very different and interesting affect. See, sometimes the original line can still be seen underneath it all. This creates a…
TERAVARNA Honorable Mention
I’m delighted to bring you the exciting news that I have won an honorable mention award in the “9th ANIMAL” TERAVARNA art competition. The exhibition is currently being displayed in the winner’s gallery. My piece can be seen in the gallery here. I won for my orange octopus:
“Laurel” in Unreal & Non-representational Art Contest
“We are pleased to announce that your artwork has won an award in our 3rd Unreal & Non-representational Art Contest Art Contest! Your creativity stood out among the hundreds of entries we received, and we are delighted to confer upon you this well-deserved recognition.” I won the award for Abstract Octopus #06. Listed here: https://www.gallery4percent.com/juried-art-contest-13
Why Octopuses?
My fascination with octopuses began in my final year of college while working on my BFA project—a children’s book about animals. I’ve always been passionate about animals and their emotions, and it bothered me to see them treated as emotionless objects. So, I wanted to create a book to teach children early on, catch them…
Overall Honorable Mention – Wild Heart Gallery
I won my first award in many years, Overall Honorable Mention from Wild Heart Gallery for my Portrait of Charlie.
Who are the accurate police?
Let’s go way back, all the way back to seventh grade. We had an assignment in art class to choose an image, draw a grid and blow it up. I chose “The Little Mermaid” and I nailed it! I got so much attention, I decided right then and there, I wanted to be an artist.…
Dog Portraits: Colorful vs Normal
Hello everyone! In the last newsletter I mentioned leaning in to the styles and subject matter that I enjoy, as suggested by Miriam Schulman in Artprenuer. When I thought about the artwork that I’ve created in the past, what came to mind were animals, colorful bright palettes, and line drawings. I did the Animal…
Why so much art all of a sudden?
Some friends asked recently what made me get back into art. When broached with a question like this I can’t help but want to give the train of events and thoughts that lead to the outcome. Here’s the sequence that brought us to this moment… I was in a networking meeting for my business, Smack…
It’s Even Better in Person
“It’s even better in person!” How often have those words been spoken about art? Has there ever been a piece you adored when you saw it in a book, magazine, or movie? And finally one day you visited a museum and saw it in real life, you were rendered speechless, except for those five words:…
Why I Suddenly Had to Make Some San Francisco Art
I have a lot of strong opinions about decor and how exactly things should be arranged. In my office / art studio I have three stunning prints of San Francisco. They’re each a distinct style and all have a blue/red/yellow color palette. Now, here’s where my slight obsession with perfectionism comes into play. I’m not…