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Evolved Art Gallery Pee Wee Herman Tribute Exhibition will Feature Signed Prints by Artist Living Dead Girl Nicole

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🤖 The word of the day is “EVOLVED” because I am totally geeking out 🤓 while signing and packaging up these giclee prints of my “Its Gonna Be That Kind Of Morning” pencil and colored pencil art piece.

They are headed to California and will be available for purchase at the Evolved Art Gallery during their “I Know You Are But What Am I?” art exhibition in tribute to the legendary world of Pee Wee Herman.

As you all know I have been a huge fan of Pee Wee Herman/Paul Reubens since I was a little girl. I am literally surrounded by his movie posters and 80s playhouse toys in my living room as I type this out. My art piece as well as my tattoo of him are even featured on his website. What you may not know is after drawing this art piece my husband and I traveled to a convention in Indy to meet and gift it to him. Unfortunately he had to cancel his appearance. The following year I purchased tickets for us to meet him during his big Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Anniversary Tour but due to COVID lock downs he was forced to cancel his last two shows, and Chicago happened to be one of them.

Then the worst news possible shook the playhouse with his passing and now the art piece sits framed in red still in the gift bag I was going to give to him along with a card expressing the ways he positively impacted my childhood and the wacky loner rebel that I am today. So in other words this piece is as sentimental to me as Pee Wee’s bike 🚲 was to him and I did not want to risk it getting lost in the mail. The gallery owner Christina was impressed by my work and felt it really aligned and reflected the love and passion she is looking for in this special tribute exhibition so she suggested another way for my work to be a part of the show and I immediately said “AHHHHH!” (in my best Pee Wee voice) and got a hold of my printer.

So if you will be in California from July 11th – August 30th, 2026 be sure to bring your inner child to the Evolved Art Gallery in Ventura and check out the free and open to the public “I Know You Are But What Am I?” art exhibition in tribute to the wonderfully weird world of a true legend. There you will find my signed prints available to purchase at the gallery.

And if you are new here, be sure to check out the Creature Features page of my portfolio website. There you can find this exhibition listed amongst some of the other unique places my art has been featured over the years.

And if you are interested in showcasing my work, let’s connect, chat and make some magic together!

Stay Strange & Magical, ✨
LDG Nicole

An Unforgettable Evening With Howie Mandel

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Never let anyone tell you that your art will get you nowhere, because getting amazing seats and going backstage at a Howie Mandel show is a pretty epic place to be! 🤩✨️

This weekend was filled with so much joy and perspective. At one point during the evening I was looking up at the beautiful ceiling of the Genesee Theatre and it hit me that this unforgettable evening I was having with my husband all stemmed from a piece of art that I envisioned and created.

There I was, 45 years old, standing next to Howie Mandel, all because I had picked up my drawing pencils to engage with my 8-year-old inner child. The little girl who fell in love with a movie that made life less scary, because there was always the possibility that a high-energy, baseball-card-collecting, Dorito-munching, home-goods-smashing, bully-revenging, apple-juice-pissing, homework-eating monster of a friend was just a bedtime away.

That’s when I got this overwhelming sense that my younger self would be so proud of where her art has taken her. That she would be so glad she never listened to those who told her that art would get her nowhere. Because although it has not made me rich financially, it has blessed me with so many amazing life experiences that my younger self could have ever imagined. And to me that is somewhere.

5 years in the making, and I truly can not thank Howie’s Manager Rich enough. Not just for an unforgettable evening but for also pushing me to take a risk and ship an original piece of artwork to him because “Howie saw it and loved it so much”. The heart of this “little monster” is now fuller than “an elm tree”😆💗🌳 and you made that happen.

Stay Strange & Magical,
LDG Nicole

*Tattoo featured in reel was done by the incredibly talented Luke Reubelt at Untold Gallery.

“Y? Because I Gotta!” a Tribute to Stanley Ipkiss by Artist Living Dead Girl Nicole

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As many of you know, being a kid in the 80’s and a teen in the 90’s has had a huge influence on the pop culture art I create. What you may not know, is that it was inspiring me back then as well. For instance this is a drawing I did in 8th grade.

Childhood art done of Jim Carrey in the Mast by artist Living Dead Girl Nicole when she was in 8th grade

Our jr. high art teacher had given us a template of a simplistic face and we had to transform it into whatever we wanted to. The Mask had just came out in 1994, and I couldn’t get enough of it. My art teacher chose to feature it at an art gallery show that took place at our local mall. Unfortunately as you can see from the photo, the artwork experienced some damage due to a basement flood, but for the most part I was able to save what I could.

For some time now, I have been contemplating the idea of recreating or putting my adult spin on some of the art pieces and subject matters that inspired me when I was younger. This one in particular has been on my art bucket list for years, but I had yet to do it. I was at a point that I wanted to work on my next portrait piece and the idea of it popped up in mind again, but so did the plethora of ideas I have saved in my (art bucket list) journal. Debating what to work on next, the universe made the decision for me. I kept getting random signs whenever I would contemplate the idea of starting anything. As someone who always takes a moment to acknowledges when the universe sends her signs, I naturally would point them out to my husband and he even agreed it was meant for me to focus on this piece. I jokingly say that Loki was calling to me and I am so glad that he did!

So with all that, I present to you my latest split face portrait I am calling “Y? Because I Gotta!” A spin on the quote from the movie as well as my intuition telling me it was time to pick up the drawing pencils, chalk pastels, and colored pencils.

Artist Living Dead Girl Nicole's "Y? Because I Gotta" Split Face Portrait art of Jim Carrey as Stanley Impkiss Loki in the 90s movie The Mask

Maybe one day I will get to P-A-R-T-Y (or just be lucky to enough cross paths) with the real Stanley Ipkiss aka Jim Carrey so I can gift him the original art piece and tell him what an impact his films have had on me over the years, the inspiration he has had on me as an artist (both as a 13 year old and 43 year old), and most of all the smiles he has put on my face (especially when I needed it most). Until then I hope the universe will lead him to stumble across this post and in turn it puts a smile on his.

Does Jim keep you smiling as well? Does this art piece speak to you? I have made-to-order* prints and t-shirts listed in my Etsy shop. Apply coupon code SMOKIN to your order at check out and get 10% off either!

Prints will also be made available to purchase in store at Closet Collectibles in Crete, IL as soon as I make my next art drop off.

Be sure to check out this drawing as well as the other portraits I have masterminded on the Spitting Image page of my portfolio website!

Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole

* None of my artistic creations are ever mass produced

Howie Mandel Gives Living Dead Girl Nicole’s Art The Golden Buzzer

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So what started as me sharing my “Walk On The Wild Side” portrait with Howie Mandel turned into him featuring it on his Instagram account captioned “This fan art gets my golden buzzer”.

But if that is not exciting enough, I got contacted by Howie’s Manager/Producer Rich, who reached out to me to tell me how much Howie loved the art and helped me get the original sent out to him. Rich did not tell Howie it was coming and surprised him with it today! I received this picture that is now also posted on Howie’s Instagram account giving me a shoutout for gifting it to him

Howie Mandel holding Living Dead Girl Nicole’s Original “Walk On The Wild Side” portrait inspired by him and his character Maurice in the 1989 movie Little Monsters

It feels great knowing the man who inspired my vision now has it in his hands (literally) and didn’t have to wait until our paths crossed to receive it (although I am still hopeful to meet him one day). I am so glad I took the risk to send it and trusted the divine that it would arrive safely. Feeling so many good vibes right now!

Check out Howie and others in the Freaky Fanatics slideshow on my official portfolio website!

Stay Spooky & Magical,
LDG Nicole