Posts by Nick

Politics Regulation…Stupid · 27.5 x 36 x 2 Something For America Part 4 (Division) · 32 x 33.25 x 1.25 sold Everything Is A Part Of It · 23.75 x 25 x 1.25 Truth Series #1 · 7.25 x 20.5 x 1.625 sold

New Work Kodachrome 53-64 · 7.75 x 32.75 x 1 59 Series #1 · 23.75 x 18.75 x 1 59 Series #3 · 15.75 x .75 For The Birds #2 · 7.25 x 7.375 x 2.25 For The Birds #4 · 7 x 7.875 x 1.25 For The Birds #1 · 7.75 x 9.125 x…

Birdhouse Suites Among my friends who know I work with found and recycled objects, I have one whose home is a treasure trove. For the past 30 years she has collected antique wooden birdhouses in her yard, so much to the delight of bird and man alike. Over the years exposure weathered many to the…

Allenwood Road Series This series consists of 8 pieces made from 2005-2007. Allenwood Road is the street where the materials were collected. The wood used is that of old, collapsed Adirondack chairs. The metals used were found on a beach nearby, and the bark came from the tree under which the chairs sat and were…

Family History Series The series Home Again, was the start of my artistic exploration of family matters. This work is influenced by the trials and tribulations of genetic and medical disorders and a journey to ancestral Poland. Patchwork No.1 · 20 x 32 x 1.125 Patchwork No.2 · 20 x 32 x 1.125 Patchwork No.3…

Haitian Boat Series In 2004 I first visited the island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and discovered a beach with abandoned boats in various stages of decomposition. These colorfully hand-painted wrecks, some just sand-buried remnants, some intact and beached, yielded the materials for the Haitian Boat Series. The boats carried people,…

Encaustics Over the years I’ve been experimenting with encaustic and mixed media on panels. I am creating colorful new images from paper the following three ways: by applying a solvent to magazine paper; once the solvent is brushed on, the magazine is closed and pressed. After a few minutes each page is separated and allowed…

Candy Box Series 1997-2002 Just one year into making art, working from a tiny studio sublet in Hoboken I started collecting materials everywhere I went. An empty wood box that once held delicious chocolates was saved and while taking a class at the Arts Student League I created my first collage in that box. My…

Landscapes At 14 years of age my NYC parents sent me to summer in California with my relatives, avid outdoors people. Along with two other families we went to the Sierra Nevada on a 10- day mule pack trip. Without proper footwear or clothes, despite the intense sun, early snowfall and animals in my tent…