A few years back I decided that I was incapable of having any plant what so ever. I forget to water them and most of the time they end up dwindling down to a few pathetic leaves. The problem with my inability to sustain the life of a plant is that I love them and love looking at them, I also use flowers and plants as a reference in my paintings.

With that said, I decided to give myself a second chance since I have kept my Pothos alive and (mostly)flourishing for 9 months. So today I took a little trip to Blue Hills Nursery and bought myself 4 baby succulents. Since they are one of the most durable plants I figured I couldn't go wrong.

Mind you that as I was leaving the woman checking me out mentioned that I should wait for the soil to be completely dry before watering and if I watered them too much I could drowned them (the quickest way to kill the one of most durable plants around). Hopefully this doesn't end up being the case. Normally, I forget to water so these cute baby succulents should be a perfect fit.

I vistied LACMA this week and forgot how amazing the Eli Broad collection is. A new addition to the museum, a lot of this collection has not been seen by many anyone outside of an education.

There are so many artists that have had a direct effect on what we see today in all that is creative.
Much to my surprise on the bottom floor of the new Broad building were two monumental sculptures by Richard Serra.
Even though photography isn't allowed I had to indulge so I could share.

Brooklyn Collective

Brooklyn Collective has move and the new space is beautiful!
Its three times the size and a great venue for all of the artists involved.

insipration

I recently traveled with my paintings to Brooklyn, New York for an art show at Brooklyn Collective. Every time I visit I get to stay with my dear friend tessa. Here are a few pictures of her home where she designs her one-of-a-kind dresses, skirts and tops. Her husband Lewis a jewlery designer also works in the same space so the combination of the two is one the most motivating and inspiring places to be, paired with the vibrance of the city itself its sometimes hard to leave.

New Art for Brooklyn Collective

my work in progress...

if you are in the NY area come see my new work in person


Brooklyn Collective has moved to 196 Columbia Street!

Come help us celebrate our new partnership with General Nightmare Antiques.

Friday, March 20th

7pm-12am

Featuring Over 20 Artists and Designers

Niccole Ugay, Chris Tsanos, Colleen Rochette, CharlieDoes, Casey Miller, AndreaClaire, Alexandra Batsford, Milton Carter, Species by the Thousands, Rachel Goldberg, Lewis Henry Nicholas, Tessa Williams, AshiDashi, Knox, Susan Steinbrock, Jess Yam, David Aloia, LanVy, Melissa Banigan, Tattoo Girl Lingerie, Sarah Nicole Phillips and Modulari

Free beer, wine, live music, and Tattoo Girl Burlesque!

Brooklyn Collective/General Nightmare

196 Columbia Street

(between Sackett and Degraw)

For further info please visit www.brooklyncollective.com

LUI Magazine

Another lifelounge find, they have a bunch of covers from LUI a french mens magazine. This one is my favorite.

Art By Gaia

A few a years back I found an artist that goes by the name Gaia. I often find newer works on www.woostercollective.com along with other great street artist that inspire me with their creativity and innovative ways of creating. 

lifelounge-Denis Darzacq

one of my most favorite websites is
lifelounge.com
i always find amazing but random images
from artists like Denis Darzacq
he has may photos like these. I find myself wondering
how its all done because it looks so real.

Good Music

This last Thursday I went to the Henry Fonda to see
Airborne Toxic Event and I wanted to share some pictures.
It was amazing and if you haven't already heard of
them you really should so here is the link.

http://www.theairbornetoxicevent.com/

An Artists Self Promotion

I have been turning over new leaves of opportunity and trying a different approach to self promotion. One of the most obvious that I have completely ignored thus far is blogging. Mostly because there are so many opinions out there and does mine really need to be posted? Well at this very moment in time it is greatly beneficial in getting my website seen.

So take a few minutes and check out my website.

www.niccoleugay.com