Cecil Makeover Winner!
Congratulations for Nichole Murtha!
Our winner of the Cecil Makeover Challenge
NICHOLE MURTHA IS ORIGINALLY FROM WARSAW, NY. SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR ART, MUSIC AND TRAVEL. SOME OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS THAT HELPED SHAPE NICHOLE AS A PERSON AND ARTIST ARE HER PARENTS WHO OWNED A LOCAL BUSINESS FOR OVER 53 YEARS, KEN’S TREE SERVICE. KEY WEST FLORDIA AND A KEY WEST ARTIST KNOWN AS MONKEY TOM, WHICH NICHOLE WAS FRIENDS WITH FOR MANY YEARS. LEONARD KNIGHT, THE CREATOR OF SALVATION MOUNTAIN IN SLAB CITY OUT OF NILAND, CA. WHERE NICHOLE HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE SOME OF KNIGHT’S WORK SUCH AS THE FRONT SIGN TO SALVATION MOUNTAIN AND THE WELCOME TO SLAB CITY GUARD SHACK. WHILE NICHOLE WAS LIVING IN LA SHE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY ALL OF THE LA STREET ART. IN 2019 NICHOLE WAS WORKING AS A SCENIC ARTIST ON THE STAR WARS GALAXY EDGE PROJECT, WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HER MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. AT THAT TIME NICHOLE MOVED BACK HOME TO BE WITH HER PARENTS. SADLY, HER MOTHER PASSED ON JULY 1, 2019 FOLLOWED BE HER FATHER’S PASSING ON OCTOBER 31,2019. WHILE IN THE MIDST OF HER GRIEVING NICHOLE CREATED HER BUSINESS ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL, WHICH CONSISTS OF INTERIOR PAINTING, CUSTOM ARTWORK AND USING ALL OF HER GOD GIVEN GIFTS AND TALENTS TO BE HELP BRING HER VISION TO LIFE.
