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Nicole Adrienne Creative, Washington D.C., DC (2026)

08/23/2023

𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬

𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 • 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Bringing oneself into the evolving realms of body acceptance, love, positivity, and neutrality, out from a place of shame, hatred, disgust, and dysphoria —- for me part of this journey began, and continues, with exposing myself to a diversity of bodies, being intentional with the content I consume, and seeing the beauty of bigger bodies outside of myself, the sensuality of softness, the power of curves, the force of femininity in all forms.

Through art, photography, energy healing, and therapy work my mindset has slowly shifted past oppressive societal beauty standards. This comes from my own art, but also by being exposed to the work of others. While I explore these concepts of self, this piece is not a self portrait, but a celebration of big beautiful bodies, fat and fabulous beings, in a piece that symbolizes transcendence from ones body in a spiritual plane.

This piece represents sitting in humility with ourselves in an acceptance of what and who we are without pride or arrogance but with openness, gratitude, and love.

I am still learning and growing to love and accept myself, and bring that energy to my world. I believe exploring our relationship with the human body and our own body through art can be a transformative approach to healing this struggle so many of us carry. As I continue my path of becoming an art therapist I hope to learn and develop tools & techniques to support others who experience difficult relationships to their bodies and body image.

08/07/2023

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

These stones are gifts of grounding and goodbye to my clients and supervisor as I conclude my first art therapy internship and year of grad school.

I have learned so much this past year and am so grateful for the openness and opportunities granted to me by my clients, and the support and knowledge gained from my cohort, supervisor, and professors.

These hand painted stones were my gift to those I have worked with, a touch stone to ground one in the present, to remember the work we have done together, the growth they have achieved, the possibilities of art and creativity that is tangible and holds weight and meaning physically and symbolically. I also infused these stones with Reiki energy, incorporating holistic healing practices I have also trained in prior to my journey in art therapy.

Each member of the group got to pick a rock that resonated with them and add their own word or words that represented their experience, a mantra, or something meaningful to them from our work together in the group before sealing their stones. It was beautiful to have witnessed the growth and impact of this art therapy group I helped start and develop with my supervisor. I have learned so much from this community and group members and appreciate the trust they put in me.

This has been an impactful year that has been incredibly intense and challenging as well as full of growth and wonder. I am hopeful that I have rearranged life this upcoming year to be a bit more balanced and thus have more time to share more of the art I have been making and art therapy techniques and practices I have been learning ♥

01/27/2022

𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚
𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔 • 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

Pachamama uses an earthy color palette of rock and sand contrasted with the blue of sky and ocean. The washes of color represent the layers of love and the merging of lives: the intertwining of families and friends. The stitching represents paths that have and will be taken, together and apart. The sewn aspects also symbolize finding beauty in little delicate details, in addition to the big moments of color. An embrace of mother earth, and the intricacies of connection, intimacy, and individuality.
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It was an honor to create this commission piece for a special family friend to celebrate a new adventure into the world of marriage. There are infinite layers to this work both literally and metaphorically. Creating this work was a true labor of love and an opportunity to help expression and make tangible the emotions and ideas of others.

Connecting with others and the earth, weaving a world of wonder and possibility, art has so much potential for growth, healing, and connection.

I am grateful for the opportunity to create and share it with you ✨

01/25/2022

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈

𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 • 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚟𝚊𝚜, 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜 • 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷

Beyond bars and boundaries, is a three-dimensional exploration of tangible shapes, textures, folds, fabrics, and the tapestries we create, cobbled together from different pieces of our lives. Building something from paintings unfinished, from stitches painstakingly sewn into a dream that was put in a drawer for later. Through hazy paintings of memory and action art of emotion. Work I made and rejected, paralleling the parts of myself I rejected. This piece is part of the journey of reclaiming those parts of myself and those pieces of art. Finding beauty and power within myself and my art. Finally, presenting to the outside world the work that has been done within. Reclaimed is about moving beyond how I am supposed to act as deemed by imposing societal norms, what art or a painting or sculpture is supposed to be, and allowing myself and my art to take up space, no apologies or defining labels, and simply be.

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Another piece selected from one of my art therapy application portfolios

01/21/2022

𝐖𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲?

Remixed Media 2021

A time to let go, and embrace the moment, jumping into a world of color and art through a space of self-acceptance. Opening oneself to healing, acceptance, and self-love, opens the door to a world of growth and magic. This piece is about exploring play and joy, a reinvigoration that comes from doing the inner work to heal. There will always be pieces that can be torn and need healing or to be sewn back together. There is still contrast and compositions that create conflict, but it is easier to face with tools for healing and with a community to support your journey and growth.
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Selected portfolio piece (and some of its process variations) from my recent graduate school applications for art therapy.

I’d love to know what y’all think and look forward to sharing more from my portfolio and the work I’ve created in the time vortex of the pandemic.

12/21/2021

𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 • Taking a stab at sculpture for the first time since middle school.

Thank you for pushing me outside my lines, grad school portfolio requirements…it has been an informative experience and exploration.

Building bodies and beauty, inundated with thoughts and thoughts and thoughts and anxieties, calmed, peeled, deconstructed, smashed, reconstructed, healed through love with gold. Embracing the beauty and nature of imperfection and existence.

I am inspired and influenced by the beautiful Japanese traditions, techniques, and concepts of wabi sabi and kintsugi. 𝑾𝒂𝒃𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊, an appreciation of the imperfect, incomplete, and impermanence, and the beauty of pertaining to such transience. 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒊 a beautiful Japanese practice meaning “to join with gold”, repairing broken pottery or finding new purpose through healing these pieces with golden lining. Kintsugi (also known as Kintsukuroi) is not only aesthetically pleasing but conceptually and philosophically meaningful and a powerful perspective for those of us who do, or have felt, broken.

What mediums intimidate you? What should I try next?

12/16/2021

𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞

A random selection of my random art makings from 2021

Unfinished thoughts, foundation layers, details and remixes of paint, paper, canvas, technology, and abstraction

11/15/2021

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒
𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔

You are 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥, you are 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲, you are 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

No matter your size, shape, or any number on a scale. We are so much more than any one thing, so here is your reminder today not to define yourself by one thing, you are an infinitely complex and beautiful being.

Give your body some gratitude for all the things it does for you ✨

Figure drawing week 3/3 — what did you think of this figure drawing series?

11/12/2021

𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜?

The figure series continues embracing all the curves, rolls, and stretches of body, beauty, and life.

What makes you beautiful?

11/05/2021

some behind the scenes layering and process work

11/04/2021

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐩, 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

A remix of a remix, this piece is a revisiting of this work playing with new colors and layers, exploring what has been and what could be. The video shows a work through of different layers and variations taken and tested in the journey to create and omnipresent uncertainty of art making — especially in my ADHD mind

✵ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 — 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 ✵

10/27/2021

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 — 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

Playing with a new piece. Layers of photography and paintings and process, digital manipulation, destruction and creation. Lost in my mind, in color, and texture and intent. Here is a glimpse at how several hours have been spent. Debating what to share as this piece formed after several hours of remixes, reevaluations, and regrets.

What does the inside of your mind look like? I’ve been especially deep in these thoughts after watching Locke and Key this weekend, and wishing I had that magic to really explore the inner workings of my mind

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