Nicola Bennett is an abstract painter from Central Otago, New Zealand, who is known for turning flavour into colour, and everyday ingredients into deeply expressive works of art.
Before Nicola ever picks up a brush, she cooks. She squeezes lemons, roasts aubergines, and slices apricots. She listens, tastes, touches, and lets each ingredient speak to her. Through conversations with growers, chefs, and her own senses, she builds a relationship with the subject then translates that into colour, movement, and form.
Nicola holds a Master of Fine Arts with first-class honours from Whitecliffe College, and her work is held in private collections across New Zealand, Europe, Australia, and the U.S.
This course is Nicola’s way of sharing the process she’s spent years developing: a sensory, intuitive approach to painting that’s accessible, joyful, and full of depth. Nicola knows how intimidating abstract art can feel. Her gift is helping you move past that fear and into something far more nourishing: a practice that begins with what you already love.
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