Born from Loss.
Built from Strength.

Picture this: you’ve spent years building a life around painting. It is how you think, how you feel, how you make sense of the world. Then your health takes it away from you. Not a creative block — a genuine, physical inability to paint the way you once could. What do you do?

Most people would grieve it and move on. Nicole Martinelli did something far more remarkable. She invented a new way to paint entirely.

“As an E-Painter I am essentially incorporating my previous painting skills as an oil painter. I create my E-Paintings organically from my mind. I do not believe in being used by the technology — I believe in using it to my advantage.”

— Nicole Martinelli

The Hand-Painted E-Painting was born from that crucible of loss and determination. Using a stylus as her brush and a touchscreen monitor as her canvas, she creates luminous, nature-inspired works that carry all the intuitive energy of traditional oil painting, merged seamlessly with the possibilities of the digital age. Galleries noticed immediately. Then collectors. Then the international art world.

Her husband Peter — who first recognised her photographic talent and has encouraged her every step of the way — is a constant presence in her story. So is her late grandmother, who first introduced her to fine art and painting. Her television debut on Women in Power will bring this full story to a national streaming audience for the first time.

“I survived very difficult life circumstances. But I came to understand that if I had the strength to survive everything I had endured, then I also had the strength to pursue my dreams and make them a reality. That same strength exists within all of us.”

— Nicole Martinelli

Emotional Maps in Color

To stand in front of a Nicole Martinelli work is to feel, immediately, that something is being offered to you. Her titles alone tell a story: In the Light of the Lilies. Petals of Resilience. A Darker Shade of Grey, Light on the Horizon. Requiem of the Flowers. These are not decorative choices — they are emotional maps. Her recurring floral and natural motifs explore themes of transformation, healing, and the quiet resilience that connects the natural world to the human spirit.

Her photography operates on the same frequency. With photographs taken across beaches, botanical gardens, lakes, mountains, and fields, Martinelli is not simply pressing a shutter — she is, in her own words, “encapsulating moments in time.” Waves crashing on shore. Branches reaching toward light. The small, fleeting, often overlooked evidence that beauty persists, even through our darkest life storms.

“Through both my artistic lens and my camera lens, I do not simply capture images. I capture moments in time. What many may pass by, I choose to preserve.”

— Nicole Martinelli

“Each piece offers comfort, peace, and a gentle escape from daily life — reflecting the same serenity I feel while creating.”

— Nicole Martinelli