"From the Heart to the Hands"

  From My Hands to Your Eyes — How My Art Travels There is a kind of work that happens long before anything is seen. It happens when you steal time — not from others, but from noise. Time to listen to your own thoughts. Time to sit with an idea without rushing it into usefulness. Time to teach yourself something new, even when no one is watching. This is where my work begins. The Workbench Stage — paint, paper, and quiet concentration This is where the ideas first arrive — messy, real, honest, full of colour. My tools stay close. My desk fills quickly. My hands get busy. Artist Nicky Bourke studio desk Turning artworks into shareable creations Some pieces sit together in ways that surprise me — a teacup, a paper bloom, a card, a colour test … all leading somewhere I can’t quite see yet. These aren’t just “products.” They began as moments at my desk — paint, paper, curiosity — transformed into something printable, giftable, or collectable anywhere in the world. When pai...