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Friday, March 30, 2012

St. Jude's "Eternal Love" Heart Sculpture
(16" Sculpture) Artwork Created by Tanja Nikolic
St. Jude's Gala Affair of the Art  •  May 12, 2012 • Four Seasons Hotel - Las Vegas

Symbolism of the Peacocks:
In Ancient and Modern history & art the Peacock has remained a noble and honored symbol of renewal, 
respect, longevity, integrity and the beauty we can achieve when we show our true colors.  
Guardians to the gates of Paradise and talisman against evil.  
Today a very current and popular trend in Interior Design Style and pop culture.






Saturday, March 24, 2012

Cut Paper Butterflies

Cut Paper Butterflies  -  Paper Textile Design





Monarch Color Zoom
Monarch Color Zoon   -  Graphic Print Design






Zebra Color Stripes
Zebra Color Stripes  -  Poster  -  Graphic Print Design





Animal Print Butterflies

Animal Print Butterflies  -  Poster  -  #  -  Graphic Print Design








Flowering Lavender Butterfly

Flowering Lavender Butterfly -  Digital Graphic Illustration





Spring Is Here!





Spring is here! Life abounds. Hurrah!



Thursday, February 23, 2012

Holy Cow Butterfly

Holy Cow! Butterfly #54  -  Graphic Illustration  -  2.23.12



The Cow

    The friendly cow all red and white,
    I love with all my heart:
    She gives me cream with all her might,
    To eat with apple-tart.

    She wanders lowing here and there,
    And yet she cannot stray,
    All in the pleasant open air,
    The pleasant light of day;

    And blown by all the winds that pass
    And wet with all the showers,
    She walks among the meadow grass
    And eats the meadow flowers.

- by Robert Louis Stephenson


In honor of my friend Anne Woerner, Happy Birthday!


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Happy Home

Happy Home Butterfly  #53  -  Sketch, Digital Mixed Media Illustration  -  2.22.12




When I Think Of Home

When I think of 'home' I think of cherry pies
When I think of 'home' I think of mulberry trees
When I think of 'home' I think of butterflies
When I think of 'home' I think of bumble bees

When I think of 'home' I think of hummingbirds
When I think of 'home' I think of sun brewed tea
When I think of 'home' I think of morning walks
When I think of 'home' I think of Grandma and me

When I think of 'home' I think of hidden trails
When I think of 'home' I think of lullabies
When I think of 'home' I think of signs of spring
When I think of 'home' I think of pumpkin pies

When I think of 'home' I think of bedtime stories
When I think of 'home' I think of I think of honeysuckle
When I think of 'home' I think of roses blooming
When I think of 'home' I can't help but chuckle

Because when I think of 'home' I think Heaven
When I think of 'home' I think of all thats kind
When I think of 'home' I think of dancing
When I think of 'home' Grandma comes to mind


- Catlin L. Crawford




Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Tree of Life Butterfly (Klimt)

Tree of Life Butterfly #52  -  Klimt Patterns  -  Mixed Media  -  2.21.12


 Art is a line around your thoughts.    - Gustav Klimt 


In honor of Andrea Brome, Happy Birthday!

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art.   - Garson




Monday, February 20, 2012



Lotus Butterfly  #51  -  Graphic - Paper Design   2.20.12


The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind;
The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind.
The flower opens, the butterfly comes;
The butterfly comes, the flower opens.
I don't know others,
Others don't know me.
By not-knowing we follow nature's course.
-Ryokan




Sunday, February 19, 2012



Sea of Flight  #50  -  Textile Fabric Design  -  (Pucci Palette)  2-19-12


Far out at sea, --the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail, 
We saw a snow-white butterfly Dancing before the fitful gale, 
Far out at sea.    - Richard Hengist Horne 





Saturday, February 18, 2012


Familija Leptir  #49  -  Ink Doodles, Mixed Media  2.18.12



The Butterfly Family
They dance and cling to air, swirling in space, 
fluttering in secret, living in joy. 
Together, they fly as one and are never alone. 

- Tanja Nikolic





Friday, February 17, 2012



Give Me Wings   #48  -  Watercolor, Cut Paper, Mixed Media Digital  2.17.12


Give Me Wings
Give me wings to soar, give me hope to smile,
give me life to give, on the wings of love, let's live.

- Tanja Nikolic Nobert  2012




Thursday, February 16, 2012


Leptir Zelin  -  Paper Design  - Graphic   2.16.12




“Kathleen Kelly: Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdale's to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are.”  - You've got mail quotes (Movie)


Wednesday, February 15, 2012

there's a flutter on my nose...
there's a flutter on my nose  -  Graphic Illustration  -  2.15.12



The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. 
- Rabindranath Tagore






Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

hearts a flutter - silver, acrylic on canvas  2-14-12


The Butterfly

    As love falls down from the sky,
It lands on the wings of a butterfly.
The butterfly sings it's songs and rhymes,
And flies through the air, No concept of time.
It is the messenger of patience and change,
From flower to flower, it's odd and it's strange.
The butterfly can transform it's world.
And give way to new beginnings, unfurled,
It is the keeper of transformation,
And flies on faith and imagination.
The butterfly has no fear of change,
It bravely escapes it's homemade cage.
To change, it knows is necessary,
For all the burdens we need not carry.
The butterfly soars, and merrily sings,
For, without change, it could never grow wings.


-Heather Reneé Adamkiewicz 

Monday, February 13, 2012

Graphic B. - Pucci Inspired - 2-13-12



LOOK THROUGH EYES OF HOPE AND SEE
A BUTTERFLY INSIDE THE CATERPILLAR,
HOPE KNOWS THAT BEAUTY IS WAITING TO BE
BORN IN THE UNLIKELIEST PLACES ...

Thea Miller Ryan






Saturday, February 11, 2012

Friday, February 10, 2012


Pink & Red  -  ink, paper, digital mixed media  -  textile design


Free the butterflies-
I'll be there
to see them soar
upon the air.
Know my spirit
is on the wing,
feel my laughter-
hear me sing.

Forever in your dreams
always in your heart.

-Fran LeMasters

Thursday, February 9, 2012


Tribute to Tiffany Diamond Butterfly Collection - Digital Mixed Media  -  Inspired by Tiffany Print Campaign



Clasp my love around your neck, Wear my heart on your finger.
My soul will be your pendant: I live to adorn you - You're the precious one.
 
~Grey Livingston, "Genuine Adoration"





Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Flutter, Movement #2


Flutter, Wing Movement #2 - Paper on Press Board


“A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly”
-Andre Gide 
(French writer, humanist and moralist, 1947 nobel prize for literature, 1869-1951)
Flutter, Movement #1 

Flutter, Wing Movement #1 - Oil, Acrylic and Wood on Press Board


“They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised
a butterfly in the winter woods” - Edith Wharton

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Vintage Parlor Butterfly Swirls

Vintage Parlor Butterfly Swirls - Textile and Paper Design  © Tanja Nikolic - 2012


“Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into 
beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.”  - Drew Barrymore

Thursday, February 2, 2012


Orange you a pretty butterfly?

Orange you a pretty butterfly?  -  Textile Art - Fine Art Print  © Tanja Nikoic - 2012





"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, 
freedom and a little flower."  ~Hans Christian Andersen"

Sunday, January 15, 2012

WIMA Poster

WIMA - Women In Music and Arts
Songwriters Showcase Event Poster
 
Poster Design By Tanja Nikolic - © Tanja Nikolic


Visit WIMA for more information on this great organization!





Winter's Night Illustration Study

"Winter's Night"
Mixed Media Illustration
Storybook Illustration Concept Art

Illustration Study - In Progress - Still working this piece out.







Friday, January 13, 2012

House of Cups



In Progress-



House of Cups
Mixed Media 

Early Stage of Painting. It will be a mixed media piece.
I will post the progress as it develops.


Thursday, January 12, 2012





"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. 
If (s)he did, (s)he would cease to be an artist."
  –Oscar Wilde 



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"The future belongs to those who believe 
in the beauty of their dreams"
 -Eleanor Roosevelt




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