This website is my creative tribute to the colorful landscapes and cultures of southwestern Mexico and displays nine compilations of my favorite photos taken there. Developed separately from the main website nikkiartwork.com, it is considered as one complete and independent Artistic endeavor.

In this series a colored portion of each photo has been digitally superimposed against its black and white version. The statement here is that, similarly, the first few days of travel can be somewhat disorienting as the senses gradually adapt to every new sight, sound, taste and aroma of new surroundings. 

Home page photo: The freshly painted benches in San Crystobal De Las Casas, along the shores of Lake Chapala are symbolic of the resiliance and resourcefulness of Mexican communities. In the face of deficiency there is effort, enterprise, faith, and celebration. Mexico has a lot to offer by way of example of her people in that direction.

The best thing that travel does is influence an understanding that our countries and histories are interwoven. We live together on one Earth. One color truly affects another.

Nikki Coulombe, Artist

…your true colors are beautiful…

 (Cindy Lauper)