Nick Savides

Stromboli Pizza, Oil Painting

2024

Artist Comments
A delivery person with a bright green helmet stands outside Stromboli Pizza in East Village, giving the impression of an otherworldly visitor. Inside, a woman busies herself with preparing the food behind the counter. The red and orange bar stools line the counter, emanating a warm glow in the night and casting intriguing shadows on the sidewalk. The brickwork pattern is a consistent motif both inside and outside the establishment.

About the Artist
Nick 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 city–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 the artist. “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: pizza, storefront, East Village, NYC, New York, Hopper, city, women, night, facade, restaurant, evening, architecture, people, realism, oil painting, brown

Stromboli Pizza
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2024
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.25 in. d
3 lbs. 5 oz.