Nick SavidesSummer Evening, Tompkins Square Park, Oil Painting2024
2024
About the Item
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Visitors find solace in Tompkins Square Park on a tranquil summer evening. Friends chat on blankets while others sit or lie down, soaking in the peaceful atmosphere. Long shadows stretch across the grass, while sporadic light illuminates the trees and lawn.
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.â€
Words that describe this painting: Tompkins Square Park, city, park, evening, NYC, New York, summer, Hopperesque, Hopper, tree, people, dapple, season, lawn, picnic, shadow, shade, landscape, people, realism, oil painting, green
Summer Evening, Tompkins Square Park
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.
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- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
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- Condition:Summer Evening, Tompkins Square Park. Nick Savides. Oil painting on stretched linen. Finished white edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 784141stDibs: LU922115230372
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