Photograph of Artist NICHOLAS DOWN
NICHOLAS DOWN
Dryden, New YorkUSA - United States



Original Artworks (242)

Nicholas Down; Seeking Balance, 2019, Original Mixed Media, 36 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241 Graphite, charcoal and Acrylic on Gesso...
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Original Mixed Media, 2019
36 x 12 inches (91.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Embracing The Wild, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso panel with Acrylic texture medium...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
36 x 12 inches (91.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Northern Shadows, 2018, Original Painting Acrylic, 36 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241 Acrylic Medium and Charcoal on Gesso Board...
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Original Acrylic Painting, 2018
36 x 12 inches (91.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Rising From The Plateau, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 28 x 22 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on gesso on Arches Watercolor paper...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
28 x 22 inches (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Awakening, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Giving Way To Spring, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Sunset Tapestry, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 30 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
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Nicholas Down; The Stuff Of Stars, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Chasing Mountain Shadows, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
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Nicholas Down; A Harbored Memory, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on gesso panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2018
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Fire And Ice, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Tidal Sands, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Atlantic Winter, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Sacred Land, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Mountain Tapestry, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Reflections Of Dawn, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
24 x 24 inches (61.0 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Giving Way, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Still Here, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Fierce And Dangerous Beauty, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso PanelCourtesy of Finger Lakes Wealth Management...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
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Nicholas Down; Autumn Whispered, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil on Gesso Panel...
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Original Oil Painting, 2017
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
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Artist Statement

During the past few years I have had the privilege of visiting some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth including California’s Sequoia National Forest, Yosemite and Joshua Tree National Parks, the red rocks of Sedona Arizona, the tough deserts of Canyonlands and Arches in Utah, Monument Valley in Navajo Nation, and of course the Grand Canyon.
I was awestruck with the beauty and silences of these places and deeply inspired to create a number of new paintings and films which attempt to capture the essence of what I felt both as an artist and as a human being.
I am increasingly aware of the threats to these landscapes, not just in the short term, but in the future, as the effects of climate change begin to alter rain patterns, glaciers and local ecologies in ways we are only just beginning to comprehend.
My paintings are part of my extended homage to nature and are my abstract impressions of colour, mystery, and the spirit of place.
My recent paintings have been hugely influenced by the winter here in New York State... frozen waterfalls, ice, snow drifts and landscapes blazing in winter hues.


Technical Notes
I continue to use the finest oil paints I can find and in 2008, I was excited to visit the world’s only windmill dedicated to producing artist grade pigments from natural rocks at ‘De Cat’ windmill in Zaanse Schans in Holland. I have incorporated some of these beautiful colours into my latest paintings.
Surfaces continue to be archival grade gesso panels imported from Texas. They are manufactured from sustainable forests....