George Nick
The varied subjects in George Nick's paintings - ranging from vintage automobiles to Back Bay street scenes, from Venetian waterways to Maine landscapes - reflect his appetite for experimentation. "I'm always reaching out for left-field ideas and approaches, trying to understand what I can do and what I can't do," says Nick. This freshness is reflected in Nick's paint handling, which, always lively and luscious, veers from crisply detailed strokes to broad swaths of color, sometimes within the same piece.
Blurring the line between realism and expressionism, Nick has described his painting style as intuitive and inventive. What we see between the frames is not a moment frozen in time, but a collection of moments that unify in our mind’s eye. Nicks paintings are complicated, he is constantly running in circles, following ideas that lead to moments of clarification which, in turn, give birth to a new set of problems and intangible thoughts waiting to be chased down and painted.
Nick's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among many others.
Waiting for Godot II, April 13, 2019, oil on linen, 26x30"> Inquire Rockport Quarry 8 Sept 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Schemes & Evasions 3 Sept 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire Peter Rabbit Jan 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 20x25"> Inquire Thanksgiving 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 16x12"> Inquire Christmas 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 14x15"> Inquire Orchids for Assya 2017 , 2017, oil on linen, 30x20"> Inquire March 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 18x18"> Inquire Yawkey Way 26 August 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 16x16" Sold> Inquire Peto’s Poor Man’s Store 9 May 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 30x20" Sold> Inquire Gargoyle 19 May 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 28x24"> Inquire April Fool 1 April 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 25x29"> Inquire Les Jeux 12 Dec 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 20x36"> Inquire Leonard’s Machine 12 June 2016 , 2016, oil on linen, 29x29"> Inquire Boston Harbor 26 Sept 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 18x38"> Inquire Dracut Snow 21 Feb 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 30x36"> Inquire 12 June 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Rocky Neck, Gloucester 29 Feb 2016 , 2016, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 40x50" Sold> Inquire Barn at Coolidge 8 Sept 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire untitled (sofa), 2017, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Hopkinson Estate 3 Oct 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 20x30"> Inquire Christmas in NY 8 Jan 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 20x29"> Inquire Via Zefferini Cortona 25 July 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 25x20"> Inquire 15 June 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 24x20"> Inquire Tribute to Alexander Hamilton 13 March 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 20x22"> Inquire Cortona 26 July 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire Cortona 25 July 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 16x20" Sold> Inquire Rockport, Ma 14 Nov 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Brideshead Revisited, 25 September 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 30x40"> Inquire The Wasfositest 11 Aug 2016, 2016, oil on linen, 32x40"> Inquire Lobster Float 6 May 2017, 2017, oil on linen, 16x16"> Inquire untitled (self portrait), 2016, oil on linen, 16x11"> Inquire Downtown Provincetown 25 August 1995, 1995, oil on linen, 20x30"> Inquire Folded Avenger 6 Dec 2006, 2006, oil on linen, 40x50"> Inquire Fresh Snow, Back Bay January 2010, 2010, oil on linen, 30x30"> Inquire Begonia and Me 3 Nov 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 16x16"> Inquire Bluebird with Katya's Ceramic Figure, 2014, oil on linen, 16x27"> Inquire The Bluebird of Paradise 28 March 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 20x26"> Inquire Life of Pi, Maynard 18 Nov 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 40x30"> Inquire Stairs Below 20 August 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 40x50"> Inquire Soft Still Life 3 Aug 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Summer Still Life 17 Aug 2003, 2003, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Self Portrait 29 Jan 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 16x12"> Inquire From the Currier Museum Mother's Day 2010, 2010, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Rio della Scuola S. Rocco 1 Oct 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 16x12"> Inquire Chelsea Boats 4 March 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Rio dei Mendicanti II Venezia 20 Sept 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 25x19" Sold> Inquire Montaigne 20 May 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 20x20"> Inquire Scuola de Rocco Venezia 7 Oct 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire Sacred & Profane 11 Jan 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 20x28"> Inquire Prometheus Unbound 30 June 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 30x50"> Inquire Dry Winter February 2010, 2010, oil on linen, 30x40"> Inquire After de Heem May 2011, 2011, oil on linen, 16x12"> Inquire The Longest Winter March 2011, 2011, oil on linen, 30x40"> Inquire Max Mara September 2010, 2010, oil on linen, 40x40"> Inquire Winter Dreams February 2011, 2011, oil on linen, 38x18"> Inquire 1956 International 1 May 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 50x40"> Inquire Car Crash 11 Dec 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Oak May 2010, 2010, oil on linen, 40x50"> Inquire The Tran House, Newton January 2011, 2011, oil on linen, 30x40"> Inquire Pulcinella 23 Sept 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 28x24"> Inquire Joo Joo Eye-ball 21 Sept 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Catherine's Toys 28 Nov 2012, 2012, oil on linen, 20x26"> Inquire Magnolia #4 12 August 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Self Portrait 1 Oct 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 14x12"> Inquire The Coca Cola Lady 5 Jan 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 16x16" Sold> Inquire Academical Village, Jefferson 14 April 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire Magnolia Rocks 9 Oct 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Pearlstein's Zoo 21 May 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 16x20"> Inquire Another Snow Day Feb 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 12x12" Sold> Inquire Charles River Movers Waltham 4 Nov 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Fairfield Farm Somerset, VA, 2 April 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Black Bag 21 October 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 20x26"> Inquire Mimi's Umbrella UVA 2 Feb 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 20x16"> Inquire Vince 20 July 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 40x40"> Inquire Self Portrait 23 April 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 8.5x7"> Inquire Focused-Ultrasonicator 21 Dec 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire His Baby, Somerset, VA 23 April 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 30x40" Sold> Inquire Rafe's Chasm, Magnolia 6 Oct 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 30x40"> Inquire Rafe's Chasm, Magnolia 19 Sept 2013, 2013, oil on linen, 24x28"> Inquire Winter Scene 24 Feb 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 20x16" Sold> Inquire Self Portrait 10 Dec 2015, 2015, oil on linen, 14x10"> Inquire The Bat 1 July 2014, 2014, oil on linen, 40x30" Sold> Inquire
George Nick
The varied subjects in George Nick's paintings - ranging from vintage automobiles to Back Bay street scenes, from Venetian waterways to Maine landscapes - reflect his appetite for experimentation. "I'm always reaching out for left-field ideas and approaches, trying to understand what I can do and what I can't do," says Nick. This freshness is reflected in Nick's paint handling, which, always lively and luscious, veers from crisply detailed strokes to broad swaths of color, sometimes within the same piece.
Blurring the line between realism and expressionism, Nick has described his painting style as intuitive and inventive. What we see between the frames is not a moment frozen in time, but a collection of moments that unify in our mind’s eye. Nicks paintings are complicated, he is constantly running in circles, following ideas that lead to moments of clarification which, in turn, give birth to a new set of problems and intangible thoughts waiting to be chased down and painted.
Nick's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among many others.