Anne Nordhaus-Bike Art

When the sky's puffy clouds look like cotton candy! This fun, colorful painting of a whimsical horizon shows bright pink and blue - the colors of cotton candy.

Original: Original watercolor painting

Signature: Signed at lower right by the artist

Size: 27 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (framed)

Professionally framed and ready to hang: Enjoy it now in your home or office!

Certified: All original paintings come with a certificate of authenticity

Shipping: Original artwork ships free in continental U.S.!

A Word From Anne

This bright pink abstract watercolor landscape is one of the most whimsical paintings I created for the Horizons series.

Isn't it fun?

This framed watercolor painting is such a happy confection of a painting.

The pink represents the land (or a colorful sea), and the blue represents the sky, and together they look just like cotton candy...no wonder I had to call this painting Cotton Candy.

Where the two colors meet in the middle creates the horizon you'd see if you were looking out over a landscape or across a large body of water. Here, the two are energized with bold brushstrokes that make for a lively, uplifting take on this traditional subject.

This painting is perfect for bringing joy to any place in your home or office that needs a splash of fun...a delightful view of a happy horizon.

Created With All Premium, Professional Grade Artist Materials

• 100% cotton watercolor paper: durability with beautiful natural grain
• Classic 140 pound weight paper is cold pressed for exquisite, even texture
• Acid free paper: painting retains its luster and vibrance and stands the test of time; it remains beautiful for centuries without conservation if stored and handled properly
• Highest quality watercolor paints: vibrant, super-saturated color
• The most finely ground watercolors in the world: colors have high intensity and purity
• Artist grade watercolors allow paint application all the way from delicate, nearly invisible transparency through deep, nearly opaque intensity

Museum-Quality Framing

• Custom framed: highest professional quality and attention to detail
• Light birchwood frame: subtle color and wood grain complement painting, put focus on color and brushwork
• Museum grade, archival white mat: preserves and highlights colorful painting
• Top quality glass: covers and protects painting 
  
• Professional grade framing hardware: screws securely anchor hardware into frame; framing wire is smooth to protect your hands and your walls
• Fully covered back: protects frame and painting, gives smooth, neat appearance
• Felt rounds on back at lower left and right: cushion painting after hanging and protect your walls

More Details: Provenance

Cotton Candy

• Created 2017.
• Exhibited in artist's solo show, Implied Horizons: Watercolors By Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Five Seasons Family Sports Club, Northbrook, IL, Nov. 3 – Dec. 2, 2017.
• Featured in group show, BNI Power Partners Business Expo, Five Seasons Sports Club, Burr Ridge, IL, Jan. 2018.
• Exhibited in solo show, Implied Horizons: Watercolors By Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Five Seasons Family Sports Club, Burr Ridge, IL, Dec. 7, 2018 – Jan. 5, 2019.

Media Coverage

• “Watercolors to be displayed at sports club,” Cook County Chronicle, Dec. 5, 2018
• “Art Show,” Gazette Chicago, Dec. 2018
• “Art Exhibit by Anne Nordhaus-Bike,” Chicago Metromix, Dec. 2018
• “Implied Horizons,” Gazette Chicago, Dec. 2018
• “Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Implied Horizons,” The Visualist, Nov./Dec. 2018
• “Clearing Artist To Exhibit Watercolors,” Clear Ridge Reporter And Newshound, Nov. 21, 2018
• “Clearing Artist To Exhibit Watercolors,” Southwest News-Herald, Nov. 16, 2018
• “Art Show,” Gazette Chicago, July 2017
• “Northbrook’s Anne Nordhaus-Bike set to display art at Five Seasons,” The Northbrook Tower, Oct. 19, 2017
• “Watercolor Art Exhibit Opens at Five Seasons Northbrook on November 3rd,” Daily Herald, Oct. 19, 2017