Nicole Milton

In creating, you feed on the energy of the act and all that emanates from it. It is an energy of joy, of love that enriches within you and strengthens your well-being. Touching the hearts of human beings and allowing them to open up to their intrinsic beauty is my intention.
Nicole Milton

I am 55, come from Switzerland, the country where languages and cultures mix, where wildflowers meet with roses in the gardens. Mother of 2 boys aged 25 and 30. Many people have known me for over 25 years in my floral activities events, floral art classes and animation groups in companies.

Today, I print the flowers on the canvas.

Business studies in Switzerland
Paola Pryke flower school, London
Valérie Eguchi, Nihonga painting, Paris

Touched by the beauty of two petals of stabilized roses fallen incidentally in my hand, I promise to create a painting with petals. A path of patience and small miracles begins with Japanese painting classes (nihonga) in Paris. I discover ancestral processes that fascinate and amaze me. A world opens. I am delighted to gather the natural pigments that allow me to create my own paint with animal bone glue and water, discovering all these natural materials from our generous earth.

Several trips to India open my heart and my mind. It is in Japan that I discover an unknown universe, a beauty of the order of the sacred, vibrant, radiating simplicity, respect, joy and gratitude. This journey transforms the perception of myself and invites me to give a new expression to my being as a call to follow my visions with confidence and intuition.

Quickly, the petal becomes excessive. A path of experimentation begins to obtain the harmonious measurement between natural pigments and flowers. This is how I create a personal approach to nihonga painting, the flower powder on canvas.

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