The Lab

I create these illustrations purposefully with no facial features. I love how it allows the viewer to decide what the pup may be thinking or contemplating.

They are created on A5 canvas paper using acrylic paint with a gloss varnish and are perfect to place in a frame of your choosing.

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Nicky Courtman AKA Nibs.

I’m an English artist from the Midlands, who now resides in South Australia in the beautiful Adelaide Hills where I display my work in exhibitions and establishments around the state.

I enjoy selling to art collectors who have bought and commissioned my work not only locally, but interstate and overseas too. To date, I would say the most popular requests are for my animal illustrations and portraiture with I absolutely love to create for my clients.

I also love having fun with using unconventional tools to create lines and patterns across the canvas. Techniques of which I incorporate into my art workshops. Workshops, which I believe, allow a sense of freedom on the canvas, but keep a little bit of order too.

I enjoy practicing both realism and abstract impressionism and believe that constant experimentation and good mistakes on the canvas allow me to evolve as an artist.