ARTIST BIO

Nicki Hall has lived on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales since 1986 during which time she has developed skills in painting and sculpting.  Workshops with well recognised Australian Artists, such as Lucy and Barry McCann, Hermen Pekel and Joseph Zubukvic at Charles Sturt University's "Mitchell School of Arts" as well as John Wilson in the Blue Mountains, have assisted with her painting development.  Clay throwing and sculpting were Nicki’s choice of expression at School Level and some weekend workshops with Doris Cruse-Hoyne in sculpture introduced her to soapstone, Limestone and Hebel Block. 

Nicki has held painting and sculpting workshops for Merimbula and District Art Group, Montague Art and Craft Society Bombala Painters and Coastal Wilderness Painters at Marlo.  She also gives regular, weekly lessons in her shop.  Nicki paints animals, landscapes and seascapes in the mediums of pastels, acrylics, watercolours and oils in both traditional and contemporary styles. She is best known for her paintings of the spectacular scenery of the Far South Coast of New South Wales with a passion for the sea and beaches of her home.  She is represented by galleries throughout New South Wales and regularly takes part in exhibitions with Artist's Society of Canberra, Montague Art & Craft Society, Bega Valley Art & Craft Society and others.

Nicki has won numerous prizes with her paintings including the open art prize at the Goulburn Workers Club Traditional Art Show in 2013.  The winning painting was acquired by the Goulburn Workers Club and was an acrylic titled "A matter of Perspective" featuring a tug at Eden Wharf .  Her paintings have been finalists in the Shirley Hannan Portrait award and the Basil Sellers Art Prize.  The pastel titled “Sandigo Creek” was the winner of People’s Choice at the 2014 Basil Sellers Art Prize. Another pastel painting “Wallagoot Dunes” won the Narooma Art Prize at the 2014 Easter Exhibition.