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.
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| 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 paintings become cards with stories
Some pieces evolve into heartfelt releases, like Retirement cards or Thoughtful Sincere Artworks.
Everything begins at my hands.
But it doesn’t stay here.
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| Real before it becomes visual — the first stage of every creation |
From my studio… onto the web
This is the part that feels a little magical — seeing my creations step into the world, where people I’ve never met can find them.
It still stops me in my tracks sometimes — this little studio in Waikanae connecting with eyes all over the world.
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Turning art into the technical so it can travel further. |
Closing Thoughts
If you like what I'm creating, discovering, and quietly building here, then I invite you to make a small technical decision of your own: follow me.
If something I share resonates with you, a simple like or follow tells the algorithms that my work is worth showing — and it helps my art find its way through the complex machinery of the web.
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| From little to worldwide, thanks to the power of technology. |
Create.
Hesitate.
Publish.
Art finds its way when we let it.
Next, I’ll share what truly works, what didn’t, and whether this creative leap is turning into something sustainable — a question I’m asked often. If you’re curious, follow along. The story is still unfolding.
— Nicky Bourke
Creating with paint and brushes in hand • Shared World-Wide