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 "The
objective of my art is to recreate the natural world
that surrounds and forms us. Through my study of
the wilderness, I hope to renew an interest and
desire not only to protect, but also appreciate,
the natural world. My work is concerned with beauty
and the picturesque landscape: the challenge is
to present the landscape in a way that engages the
viewer. The artists who have most influenced my
work are the great American landscape painters of
the 19th Century, the European Impressionists, and
the landscape painters of China and Japan.
My method is to go into the wilderness and photograph,
returning to the studio to paint. Working with the
photograph allows me to capture a place, one moment
in time, one season at a time. The photograph is
the starting point of a search for a new reality.
I take apart the photograph and reassemble it in
a painterly manner, and a new landscape evolves.
I project slides on the canvas and paint as though
I am looking through a window.
I want my art to be positive and uplifting. I want
it to wake people up to the natural world around.
I want it to give them a respite from the stresses
of everyday life."
Frederick Nichols has an MFA from the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn NY, and a BA from UVA. He also studied
at Ecoles des Beaux Arts, in France. His work has
been exhibited widely across Virginia, in nine other
states in the US, and overseas in Japan and Italy.
His paintings hang permanently in numerous private
and public collections. Mr. Nichols lives and works
in Barboursville, VA.
artist
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