Goliathus Cacicus Painting

Born into a family of shooting, fishing, trail-blazing pioneers and taxidermists; Nicole grew up surrounded by natural history and her family’s collection of Africana . Spending her youth studying the works of Finch-Davies, Samuel Daniels and Audubon it was only in 2007 that she would find a brilliant teacher, Ann Harris-Deppe, to impart the techniques of the Contemporary Botanical and Natural History art medium on her. Capturing scientific detail, understanding and drawing out the magical reactions of water and colour on paper seems to satisfy her obsessive compulsive tendencies. Being a non-hunting, spiritual aspirant and vegetarian yogini, her artwork seems to have finally given her relevance in the family. All artworks are done on 300 & 600gsm Hot Pressed, acid-free Arches paper (100% cotton), with a limited pallet of 6 of the purest Winsor & Newton and Daniel Smith water colour pigments. Combined with conservation framing this ensures the artworks remain of archival, museum-standard quality.