Nicole Suptic

Presently residing within the mountains of southern West Virginia, I enjoy creating drawings and paintings which other people can cherish for many years to come. The distinctive skill I have developed for realism and portraiture has garnered many showings in a variety of exhibitions during my young life. 

As a child, I was an avid and creative individual. Throughout the years, this remained true. I attended college at Concord University, which is where I started using acrylics on canvas to build up a large collection of drawings and paintings.

People have the innate ability to show personality through facial expressions and body language. An expression written on a person’s face can display a strong mood or a feeling. As an artist, I like to create these expressions to capture personality and illustrate a moment in time.


I have always been connected to realism and portraiture. My tools for creation are acrylic paints and graphite pencils. I am very thorough while planning my compositions. For most of my work, the sizing of my paintings and my subjects are all purposely consistent. For my artwork, I would like to instill a sense of environment using detail, color, and space, while also recreating the expression, the moo...

2014 Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Studio Art -- Concord University

Awards

2016 ‘Best of Show” for graphite drawing, “Whimsical”, Juried Exhibition 

Cynthia Bickey Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

2014 “Award of Merit” for graphite portrait, “Coy”, TSAA Biennial Juried Exhibition 

Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia


Exhibitions

2018

Juried Exhibition

Cynthia Bickey Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

Best of West Virginia Open Juried Exhibition

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

2017
West Virginia Division of Culture and History Juried Exhibition

Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Best of West Virginia Open Juried Exhibition

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia


2016

Continuum

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

Emerge

Robert C Byrd Federal Courthouse, Charleston, West Virginia

Juried Exhibition

Cynthia Bickey Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

2015

West Virginia Division of Culture and History Juried Exhibition

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, West Virginia

Best of West Virginia Open Juried Exhibition

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, ...