Violet Nicklen is an independent professional and award-winning artist who began exploring the arts in the late 1970s.  She put her pursuit of art on the back burner while serving 30 years in the United States Air Force.   After retiring in 2001, she brought her passion for the arts forward again and returned to University to obtain combined art degrees, graduating Magna Cum Laude in Art/Studio Art and Art History from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida in 2003.  She completed a Masters Degree in Art History from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, on scholarship, finishing her studies in the international student program located in Paris, France, in the Summer of 2005.  She has studied with many U.S. and international artists over the years, both stateside and overseas.  She began actively exhibiting her artwork in 2001.

“I challenge my creativity and find artistic growth by using combinations of techniques and mediums to craft original works of art that are pleasing to myself and hopefully to my viewers as well.  Many of my favorite works derive from memory and experiences, or combinations of personal photo references and memory.  My art philosophy is:  “Art is the essence of the soul, but the true meaning of a work of art is interpreted in the mind and the eye of the beholder”.

“My participation as a monthly front gallery artist in the Williamson County Art Guild Gallery on Rock Street in Georgetown, Texas represents a very small sample of my work.  I hope that visitors to the Gallery will experience and enjoy a variety of my artwork each month that they visit.” 

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