Nick Savides

Madison Square Sunset, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
Viewed across Madison Square Park at sunset, the Metropolitan Life Tower glows orange against a dramatic sky, with Eleven Madison echoing its warm light. Clouds rise from the tower’s base as scattered tables and chairs add a quiet human touch. The blue of the sky carries into the buildings below, uniting cool and warm tones. Trees in varying stages of autumn frame the scene.

About the Artist
Artist Nick Savides learned to paint from his mother when he was a child, but it wasn’t until college that he decided to be a career artist. His realist images of New York City are inspired by the drama of the metropolis–the changing light, the spontaneous magic. Nick begins his process with reference photographs from his daily life, often shooting the same scene at multiple times of the day. He brings the images back to his Brooklyn studio, where he composes a scene in Photoshop, adding and subtracting elements from multiple photographs to achieve the perfect composition before beginning to paint. “As my artwork is realistic, one might be tempted to think they are copies from nature,” says Nick. “Really, they are composed–every detail is considered. It is a balance between what is seen, what is true to nature, and what can make a good painting.”

Words that describe this painting: autumn, Madison Square Park, Metropolitan Life Tower, sunset, New York, NYC, cityscape, urban, season, city, architecture, travel, realism, oil painting, beige

Madison Square Sunset
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2025
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.25 in. d
4 lbs. 8 oz.