Nicole Moné is an American artist currently living and painting in Westchester, New York. Her representational paintings have garnered many awards, and reside in public collections throughout the United States. Moné’s mentor, Aaron Shikler, has been the subject of several of her portrait paintings. One of those paintings, “The Model’s Perspective, #2,” was included in the Portrait Society of America’s Inspiring Figures Exhibition held at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio in 2010. Another, “Blowing Smoke,” was awarded the Best in Show at the Salmagundi Club’s Non-Members’ Juried Exhibition (June 2015), the Medal of Honor at the 118th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried Exhibition, and a Certificate of Excellence at the Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition (2015). It was also a semi-finalist for the prestigious 2015 BP Portrait Award. (https://underpaintings.com/in-memoriam-aaron-shikler-1922-2015/)