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Nikki St Clair (she/they)
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🌛 artist! naturalist! disabled! queer! soft! alive! sometimes staying up late!
🌝 Haldimand Tract (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario)
🌜 https://nikkistclair.ca
💫 all human-made art, no AI!
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Oct 2: #Trinket

This is a little butterfly rubber duck that I got at a weed shop in Vancouver a few years ago! Made with #Neocolorii wax pastels 🫧

#Mosstober25
A wax pastel painting of a blue rubber duck with an orange beak, and butterfly wings and antenna. The background is bright yellow-green.
October 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Oct 1: #Orchid

This is an eastern prairie fringed orchid! Made with #Neocolorii wax pastels 🪻

#Mosstober25
Wax pastel painting of a white eastern prairie fringed orchid with a dark green stem and light green background.
October 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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also I'm trying out an #ArtChallenge for the first time! Going with #Mosstober25 by Meg Kim (@urmossprincess on IG). Stay tuned to see how it goes ☺️
Prompt list for the Mosstober art challenge. From the 1st to the 31st, the prompts are: orchid, trinket, microscopic, pencils only, tide pool, mirrored, (rest), dragon, monochrome, chain, greenhouse, freckles, sketchbook page, (rest), something white, mantis, supernova, locker, shrine, rest, x-ray, still life, lunar, aquarium, spider, vibrant, (rest), redraw, fruit, and stars.
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I got some pastels yesterday and they are SO FUN!!! I'm also just so happy with the colours I picked out to start with, I can never have enough greens 🤩💚
A clear plastic container holding 12 wax pastels in various shades, including red, orange, yellow, a few greens, a few blues, grey and brown.
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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hi here is some #birdart - sketches in red coloured pencil

ok bye hope you're being kind to yourself today!

#artyear #natureart
A sketch of a Great Blue Heron A sketch of two Chimney Swifts flying with 5 stars around them A sketch of a Common Loon
September 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Registration is open now for September and October! Learn more: www.nikkistclair.ca/earthshakers/
Explore your creative side in a welcoming, judgement-free community setting. No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome! Upcoming Sessions: In Person: Sept. 14, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00pm. Online: Oct. 6, 2025, 7:00 – 8:30pm. In Person: Nov. 2, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00pm. Online: Dec. 1, 2025, 7:00 – 8:30pm. In person sessions hosted at 44 Gaukel St, Kitchener. Masks required at in person sessions. Online sessions hosted on Zoom. Queer & disabled-led community. Free / pay what you can!
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Introducing... the Earthshakers Creativity Club!

I'm hosting monthly creative co-working socials - a space to create art in a welcoming community environment! The sessions will alternate between in person in Kitchener, ON and online.

#KW #KitchenerWaterloo #WatReg
A digital painting of a globe. White handwritten text reads "earthshakers creativity club". Below the globe, small white typed text reads "creative co-working socials. monthly in person & online sessions. * masks required & provided for in person sessions * "
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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N’dakimenan ( #MartenRiverProvincialPark, #TemagamiON )

July 2025

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Mushrooms !!!
A small Yellow Patches mushroom emerging from the forest floor among fallen sticks and leaves from last autumn. Two photos stacked vertically. On top, Eastern White Pine trees stand tall in front of a cloudy sky. Below, the sun sets over the Marten River. The shadow of Eastern White Cedar branches seen through the roof of a green tent. Two photos stacked vertically. On top, a bunch of tiny, bright red Scarlet Waxcap mushrooms, growing up from the forest floor, among brown fallen leaves. Below, a Eastern White Pine trees across the Marten River in sunlight.
August 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Here's some #art I made outside recently (in between extreme heat warnings and terrible air quality 🫠)

#ArtYear #NatureArt
A blue cyanotype print of a ginkgo leaf. Nikki is holding the print in their right hand on top of some green grass. A watercolour painting in a small sketchbook of a bunch of tiny red mushrooms. Nikki is holding the sketchbook in her right hand above a lilac bush. A graphite sketch in a small sketchbook of trees, rocks, and plants in Temagami. Nikki is holding the sketchbook in her right hand above a bunch of purple wild bergamot flowers.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Summer solstice sketching in Willow River Park ☀️🌱🦢
A park with a river and many trees. There is a picnic table in the foreground with a box of pencil crayons and a sketchbook.
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Ooooooooh look at me, I remembered to film parts of my process!!!

Here's a look at what went into the creation of my Olive Branch paintings - from the sketch, to applying masking fluid, to painting!

#Art #ArtYear #ArtShop #FreePalestine #CanadianArtist #WatReg
June 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Olive Branch, 2025 (watercolour)

Featuring a branch from the sacred olive tree and the olive leaf pattern of the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh.

Note: this image is a digitally created mockup of what the painting might look like framed.

#FreePalestine #Art #ArtYear
A square black frame with Nikki's "Olive Branch" painting inside. The frame is displayed on a white wall, with a hanging pothos plant near the top left of the frame, and a small ficus tree near the bottom right. The shadow cast by a window with a translucent curtain is overlaid on the whole image. In the bottom left corner of the image there is a white rectangle with text that reads: "'Olive Branch' Limited Edition Series. Original watercolour paintings available at nikkistclair.ca".
June 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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just losing my mind over the fact that today is "Clean Air Day" and the weather in some places is best described as "Smoke"
A screenshot of the WeatherCAN app showing a weather report for Timmins, ON. It is 20°C and the weather descriptor is "Smoke" with an icon made of three grey, wavy vertical lines to represent the smoke. Below the weather report there is a note that says "Clean Air Day 2025 - This air we share".
June 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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confirmed: they work great on a bifold mask!
Nikki has chin-length curly brown hair and is wearing a white tshirt. She's also wearing a black bifold KN95 mask with a gold mask chain across the nose bridge of the mask.
May 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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this is my newest painting, in florescence 🪻🌸🌷🌺🌻

you can read about the inspiration behind the piece on my website: nikkistclair.ca/2025/05/in-florescence

#Art #ArtYear #NatureArt #FloralArt
An abstract watercolour painting. The main colour of the painting is green, with many wavy shapes depicted in various shades of green. There are small clusters of organic shapes painted in magenta, resembling flowers, that are spread throughout the piece. There are also a few orange and blue clusters, similar to the magenta ones.
May 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I’m so excited to share that my art will be featured in another show! Guelph Pride and 10C present: the Pride Art Show, on display from June 1 to June 30 at 42 Carden Street, Guelph, ON, N1H 3A2.

#ArtShow #ArtExhibit #Guelph #GuelphON
A Guelph Pride poster for the Pride Art Show. There is an illustration of an easel in the center, with various art supplies spread out around it, including paints, paintbrushes, pencils, crayons, and scissors. The text reads “GUELPH PRIDE & 10C PRESENTS: ARTIST SHOWCASE JUNE 1ST - 30TH. OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH 4-6 PM. The Guelph Pride and 10C logos are included at the bottom of the image.
May 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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here's a quick little demo of the mask chains I made in support of Mask Bloc Waterloo Region! there are more styles available, plus a sticker - get them on my website: nikkistclair.ca/mbwr #MaskBloc #MaskChains #WatReg #KW
May 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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sometimes my colour testing sheet turns out prettier than the painting itself

#art #artist #watercolour
A piece of white watercolour paper painted with brushstrokes of different sizes, shapes, and colours.
May 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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just guys being dudes

#birds #mallards
May 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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look at this green!!! I love spring!!
Branches of a tree sprouting bright yellow-green flowers and leaves, seen from below, with a bright blue sky in the background
May 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I’m very excited to launch this fundraising campaign in support of Mask Bloc Waterloo Region, including mask chains (jewelry for your mask) and a sticker! Check it out: nikkistclair.ca/mbwr

#maskup #maskbloc #covidconscious #communitycare
A digital collage, with 5 polaroid-style images. Three images are spread out around the top of the collage, and they show gold and silver mask chains being displayed on black KN95 masks. Two polaroid images displaying stickers are at the bottom of the collage. The stickers include an illustration of a Canada goose wearing a blue N95-style mask, alongside text that reads “thank you for wearing a mask”. In between the two sets of images, there is white text that reads “MASK BLOC WATERLOO REGION fundraiser” and “mask chains and stickers available at nikkistclair.ca/mbwr”. The background of the collage is a photo of a forest and a cloudy sky.
May 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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"Small, slender, and incredibly cute sparrow."

I mean, they're not wrong!! 🤭

#MerlinBirdOfTheDay #MerlinApp #BirdOfTheDay #ChippingSparrow
Screenshot of the Chipping Sparrow page on the Merlin bird app.
April 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I tufted this maple leaf rug last fall and I still can't get over how amazing it turned out!! 🍁🤩

#natureart #treeart #rugtufting #art #artyear
A maple leaf shaped rug is placed outside on green grass and fallen leaves. The rug is made of many different colours of yarn, evoking a leaf that has just fallen from a tree in autumn. These colours include rusty red, vibrant orange, golden yellow, and moss green. Dark brown yarn was used to create the veins of the leaf, and white yarn was used to create an outline. The rug is about 60 cm x 60 cm.
April 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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do you ever feel like a rubber ball floating down the stream, wanting to start again?
March 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This rare #NorthernCardinal, known as a “halfsider” & “bilateral gynandromorph” is proof that nature doesn’t concern itself with the binary of male or female. It's a reminder that as part of the natural world, this queer magic exists in us humans too.

#art #queerart #queerartist #natureart #birdart
A watercolour painting of a Northern Cardinal perched atop a tree branch. The cardinal is light brown on the left side, and red on the right. Black ink was used for the outline of the bird, as well as some of its features (including the eyes, beak, and feet), and the tree branch. There are real cedar leaves attached to the branch on either side of the bird.
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM