The story so far.

The basic facts…

Nicole Clark was born in the Midlands, has lived in the middle of the country, on the Welsh coast, in the city (Bristol, not "The City") and now lives on the edgelands of the Yorkshire moors where Peak District meets Pennines. A graphic designer turned artist and creative since she could hold a crayon. Nicole is in her early forties, has a husband, 2.5 children and hates talking about herself in the third person.

The interesting bits…

For the best part of the first decade of my life I grew up on a 5 acre country house estate, my dad was the head gardener and we lived in the converted stable block / coach house. I spent my days “on an adventure” around the garden and wandering into neighbouring fields, or on a river bank with a family of avid fishermen. The ever common element is that I was always doing something with flowers / grasses (or occasionally playing in freshly chipped pine - sorry mum, the sap must've been a nightmare!). Aside from a brief stint of thinking I was a city girl my roots are planted (pun intended) firmly and permanently in nature.

I have a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and one of the truest, longest and deepest loves of my life was working with typography and creating simple and elegant line drawings in pen. In April 2022 I had an unfortunate run in with a wall and a resulting case of Post Concussion Syndrome that changed my life forever.

Unable to properly focus for quite some time (either physically or mentally), being left with a strong aversion to computer screens and a whole host of other undesirable traits that became part of my life, I turned to art as a way to try to rehabilitate myself and regain a sense of self whilst feeling lost and at sea. Flowers have been a constant character in my life story and brought solstice. I began painting in gouache, broad works in black and white that allowed me to breathe again.

The next chapter.