Nicole Sanderson's Gallery

A spiritual reaching. Oil on Canvas. 2013. 110cm x 125cm 

The accomplishment of connection. The flight. The freedom. The joy. The reach. 
....Manifested peace.

"Freedom." Oil on Canvas. 2012. 
"She was in a dark place but she was free! She breathed in long deep breathes... ... and flooded her soul with energy only the stars could muster up! Her body was as light as a feather! She soared the skies..... ...... ........ ...... ..... 
When she opened her eyes, she was still in that dark place....
But her mind was at peace!
She is free!"

"Nature's Nurture" Oil on Canvas. 2012. 110cm x 55cm

"After the storm, she opened her arms and joined the world in flight. There was nothing she could not be, do or have!"

My newest painting has been inspired by and will be auctioned at the Think Pink Golf day, Chapman Golf Club, Harare on the 25th October 2012. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Think Pink Organization supporting Breast Cancer Awareness. I really look forward to the evening and participating in making a difference.

"Connected" 2012. Oil on Canvas. 125cm x 110cm

57 days and 56 nights later, he confessed his undying love. There was an undeniable connection! She loved yoga, massage and the wilderness and he was a fly fisherman! They were a match made in heaven! 
They JUST gelled!!

"The red dress polkadot lady" 2009. Acrylic on canvas 90cmx 70cm.

Zinzele believed that if she dressed in her best dress, ate her favourite food, listened to her favourite music, spent time with her favourite people, and did the things that made her feel great, nothing could go wrong! And she was right.  

  "Lady Chatterley"2012 Acrylic on canvas. 140cmx120cm

The story concerns a young married woman, Constance (Lady Chetterley), whose upper-class husband, Clifford Chatterley, has been paralyzed due to a wae injury..in addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple. Her sexual frustration leads her into an affair with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The class difference between the couple highlights a major motif of the novel which is the unfair dominance of intellectuals over the working class. The novel is about Constance's realization that she cannot live with the mind alone: she must also be alive physically. This realization stems from a heightened sexual experience Constance has only felt with Mellors, proving that love can only happen with the element of the body, not the mind.

"Maid in Mana"  2011 Tryptic. Acrylic on Canvas. 3 x 130 x 50cm. 

They took long deep breaths... in the salty hot sun of the Mana pools Game Park! .... Grounded and connected to source, Mana Pools tattooed more than just their souls! 

"Swept" 2012. Acrylic on canvas 120cm x 140 cm

Amidst all of the chaos, Sarah was determined to keep grounded, calm and in control. There was nothing anyone could take away from her with the amount of love she felt for him. She was swept and she was untouchable!

"Contour" 2011. Acrylic and ink on canvas. 100cmx 85cm

 Jayne was desperate to have her portrait completed now! She was terrified she might never feel this way before.

"Untitled" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 114cm x 90cm

Old man Jack was a banker his whole life. It was only when he was 72 that he felt the need to go on a journey to find his soul and to reflect. 72 years gone by..

           

"Vegas" 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 110cm x 50cm

The smell of the red scarf reminded her of the night he took her to the drive-in. They were crazy about each other from the moment they met, and it didn't matter that he drove a Ford Pinto.

"The carrier lady" 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 100cm 

I met Joyce on one my painting days in Domboshawa. I had seen her on the two previous visits to the rocks, and had always been taken away by how badly she sang, but how jubilant she was!

" Dissolved" 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 100cm x 100cm

If i liked cold water, i would find the biggest water lilies ever and float down the river on them while the world went by.

"Euphoria" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 90cm x 70cm

When i watched Paige dance, it reminded me of how i felt when i worked!

"Fiery Autumn1 "2012. Acrylic on canvas. 130cm x 80cm

She thought she was hiding her feelings, but she may have well have been naked on a bench in central park. Nothing could hide her broken heart! Not even her beauty.

"Fiery Autumn 2" 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 100cm x 90cm

 She just collapsed into a ball and her heart broke a little more. It was the comfort of the falling leaves that kept her going.

"Untitled" 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 90cm x 70cm

i had an out of body experience and all of a sudden things seemed to clarify themselves. i suppose i needed to take a step back and look at the situation from afar! 

"...Just...Breathe" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 114cm x 90cm

When she couldn't take the pressure anymore, she pushed everything and everyone away. ..to breathe...

"Lady Lavender" 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 110cm x 50cm

It was only in her late 20's that she felt comfortable in her own skin. What had been said to her when she was 6 had taken so much away from her for so many years. Now she knows how damaging words can be! 

"Mr Tabruk" 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 130cm x 80cm

Mr Tabtuk always smelt of the curing tobacco and a handful of workshop oil. Mysterious, meticulous and mildly odd!

"The Ndebele medicine man" 2006. Acrylic on canvas. 190cm x 70cm

"Cosmopolitan" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 100cm x 85cm

Her sensuality was as delicious as vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lime juice 

"Sauvignon" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 100cm x 100cm

Tessa and I, like old times, caught up over another glass of wine... and then another one!

         "...They both told me they loved me" 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 90cm x 70cm                                                

                                                                   

Nicole Sanderson   

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