Blog Posts - Nicole Pletts Fine Art

When a commission touches your heart....

5/17/2018

It was an absolute pleasure to paint this 21st birthday commission for a delightful family... The painting is of a young girl with dogs from Oscars Arc - an initiative she passionately supports, aimed at accelerating adoption rates and saving the lives of dogs in Western Cape shelters...

Inspiring and Humbling all in one...

This is a note from her to her parents...

Thank you again for the most incredible and thoughtful present. I am still in awe of how beautiful and meaningful it is. Thank you for supporting and encouraging my love (obsession) for animals and specifically Oscars Arc. This is something that I’ll keep forever and hopefully next year I’ll be able to put it up on my wall! Can’t wait to see it again tomorrow!❤❤❤

Sometimes you get your arse kicked...

3/4/2018

Sometimes in life you get your arse kicked... Hearts get broken, people disappoint you and things change..

You just have to move on...

Onwards and upwards - using courage, humour and grace...

And painting soft pretty blomme has lifted my spirits and given me peace...

Painting from the heart..

All 90x150cm

I don't only paint paintings...

2/5/2018

I'm not normally that careful with finances but when I have something I love, I will do almost anything to keep it...

These are a pair of my fave shoes - I tried to buy two pairs at the time (true story) but alas it wasn't possible... They're three years old and I've worn them a zillion times... Irreplaceable... Hence - they go to the studio hospital for a lick and a spit every six months to keep them ship shape...

I needed some new black takkies - and my white ones were looking a little 'not nice' so they had a makeover....

These are a few of my favourite things...

2/5/2018

I paint Monday to Friday... Paperwork normally gets done evenings or weekends... But when I'm not painting, these are a few of my favourite things....

Playing with my grandson, Cooper...

Lying on a lilo in the sun - preferably with friends and family...

Taking photos....

My home... Reading and relaxing...

A different kettle of fish....

12/30/2017

Seeing a painting in the studio and seeing it in a collector's home is a different kettle of fish...

And because I love art and history equally, I pondered the question...

What's the meaning of the phrase 'A different kettle of fish'?

An alternative; a different thing altogether.

What's the origin of the phrase 'A different kettle of fish'?

Before we can get to grips with 'a different kettle of fish' we need to know what 'a kettle of fish' is when it isn't different.
Of course a fish kettle isn't the kind of kettle you would use to make tea, it's just a fish saucepan - usually one large enough for a whole fish.
The expression 'a kettle of fish' means 'a mess'/'a muddle' and is often extended to 'a pretty/nice kettle of fish'.
'A different kettle of fish', and I have to say it, is a different kettle of fish. It means 'something different from the thing before'. For example, we might offer to have a friend stay for a few days but remark that a stay of a few months would be a different kettle of fish.
The expression dates from the late 19th century and was found most commonly in Scotland and the north of England (where fish kettles were and still are quite commonplace). This early citation comes from a report of a parliamentary debate on the Irish question, in the Carlisle Patriot newspaper, June 1889:
"To enable them to manage their own local affairs will not satisfy Irishmen. What they want is a very different kettle of fish."

But I digress....

In the studio, the painting is just that - a painting... A canvas with paint on it... It may have special significance to the artist, a story or a concept, deeply personal, or it may be something of beauty, of upliftment or something the artist loves painting...

So it is a treat and an honour when the painting is shared in a person's much loved and personal home...

These are from two different collectors...

Its that time of the year again....

12/4/2017

Blast from the past...

11/23/2017

So I find a box hidden under a table, in the mancave filled with recipes, photos, articles and other boring stuff.... And lo and behold I found this article... Home and Leisure 2011... Diving Series - exhibition KZNSA...

Memories are made of this...

The Life of Art by John P. Weiss

10/16/2017

Invitation... Exhibition opening... Thursday, 19th October 2017

10/16/2017

September 23rd, 2017

9/23/2017