Darcelle Nesser


Artist

Street Art, Oil Paint, and Charcoal

In Fruit, Physics, and History.

Palm in Our Hands

A book published by Darcelle Nesser

2024

Media Coverage

The History of the 3 Words Project

 

Three Words Project is a lifelong art project by Darcelle. Darcelle picks people from around the world spontaneously to participate in this project. The recipient of this art project invite is asked for 3 words, and in exchange for the 3 words, Darcelle creates and gifts them a painting/sculpture based off the three words.

Currently, this 3 Words Project has landed Darcelle’s art in Finland, Italy, France, US, UK, Hungary, Portugal, Germany, Australia, and South Africa.

Darcelle continues to work on this project, which creates the foundation of all the art that is created alongside

  • A remarkable series of events landed me in the position of working back at the very place I was born in, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

  • Once settled in Palmerston North, I started gathering materials to start my autobiography on the life I had lived to get to where I stood that day.

    To help me write my book, I started painting various scenes and memories from my childhood.

  • The more I got involved with painting scenes for my autobiography, the more I realized I could capture these feelings and ideas with paint rather than the words I had in my book.

    I took a break from writing to pursue an extended dive into discovering the use of visual imagery to portray the intricate and peculiar feelings I wanted to express.

  • I would sit down in front of an empty canvas, ready to paint anything and everything. Ideas would flood my mind and yet overwhelm me with endless direction.

    I called upon friends to give me ideas but even then they also would not know what to say.

    One day, I simply asked a friend to “give me three words, any three words, and I will paint you something based on that”.

    That is where the idea developed: I pick people to give me 3 words of their choice, I then paint them something based around their 3 words.

  • After weeks of painting for friends, I realized I could reach out to other people around the world who have had a significant influence in my art, life, and experiences that have shaped who I am today and tomorrow.

    Music accentuates and shifts the atmosphere, and has been one of the most influential devices in my life.

    Most of the people I have reached out for with this project have been musicians, where their music have played some pivotal part in my understanding of myself and the world.

 
 

Then I Remember

Deep dive into my autobiography inside a painting called “Then I Remember” for Craig Foster, from My Octopus Teacher

Street Art- Summer Series Bollards

Darcelle painted 10 Bollards on George Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand over the summers of 2021/2022.

Each Bollard is a journal entry of a public diary of experience of the world at that given time