Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Nicole is a mixed media artist working in both acrylic and ceramics. She creates handmade porcelain accents which are attached to her acrylic paintings to create textural and three-dimensional work. Her work explores balance and contrast with a focus on florals and nature.
Attending Rollings School of the Arts in Summerville, SC, she always had an interest in and love for the visual arts. After teaching elementary school for several years, she began to explore her creative side more when she became a stay at home mom. After spending years honing her skills in ceramics, she decided to combine it with her love of painting. Nicole lives in Mount Pleasant, SC with her husband and two daughters, where she works out of her home studio by the ocean.
Her work has been featured in Atlanta for Spotlight on Art and in The Scouted Studio for the Emerging Artist Show as well as, Canvas Rebel, South Carolina Voyager, House & Garden UK, and Bold Journey.

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Glinda

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 14.5 x 14.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Glinda - Highly ambitious and well-known. She is popular in a morally complex world. Never fully abandoned her need for approval, but consistently used her charm and appeal to affect change. She only wanted to be "good" and loved.

Elizabeth

$700.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 14.5 x 18.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Elizabeth - A Bennett sister. An individualistic woman unbothered by society's pressures. Sharp and playful. Quick to form "prejudices". Values her own happiness over duty. Finds love on her own terms. A romantic heroine in her own right.

Pamela

$1,000.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Pamela - A misunderstood beauty. She manifested her way to stardom only to feel the ugly glare of fame. An example of how to navigate hardships with grace. Used her fame to center the things she cared about. Special and always surprising.

Josephine

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Dimensions: 20.5 x 26.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Josephine - One of the March sisters. Strong-willed and fiery. Authentic and flawed. A representation of possibilities for women at a time when there were few. A symbol for feminism. Hope. Equality. A well-written character based on her author. And an inspiration to little women for years to come.

Frida

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 14.5 x 18.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Frida - Creator of dark beauty. Reflecting her past, present, in future in her only form of therapy - art. Her pride in her heritage and her strong political beliefs fueled her through a tumultuous relationship. She pushed boundaries and inspired whimsy. A fighter and a trailblazer.

Marylin

$900.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 18.5 x 22.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Marilyn - Norma Jeane. The blonde bombshell. Defying "blonde stereotypes with her intelligence and love of reading. Tied up in the paradox of being desired by many and yet feeling painfully alone. Her impact was large for the short time she lived.

Catherine

$1,300.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 26.5 x 32.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Catherine - She is Heathcliff. Intrinsically tied to the wild moors, she is untamed and free.

Obsessed by desire but driven by the need for wealth and status. She reflects the duality of passion and refined society. A beautiful disaster.

How Sweet It Is

$350.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 10 x 10 inches finished size

Acrylic on an 8 x 8 inch canvas in a hand-finished antique gold ball frame. Wired and ready to hang.

Pretend Like It’s The Weekend

$400.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 10 x 12 inches finished size

Acrylic on an 8 x 10 inch canvas in a hand-finished antique gold ball frame. Wired and ready to hang.

Melt With You

$650.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 13 x 17 inches finished size

Acrylic on a 12 x 16 inch canvas in a hand-finished antique gold ball frame. Wired and ready to hang.

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Juliet

$900.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 18.5 x 22.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Juliet - One of the most well known female protagonists in literature - misunderstood, passionate, defiant against societal and familial constraints. A woman wrapped up in love yet independent. Tragic and iconic.

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Audrey

$500.00

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Artist: Nicole Russell-Schlesinger

Dimensions: 14.5 x 14.5 inches including frame

Porcelain and acrylic on canvas in an ornate gold wood frame.

Audrey - A great screen legend. Stylish and beautiful but quietly insecure. Small in stature but large in presence. She carried her sadness and trauma with her but used it as a driving force in her humanitarian work. Intense strength and grace with a delicate appearance.