al things considered â when i post my masterpiece #740
first posted in facebook september 7, 2019
george nick -- "yawkey way, 26 august 2017" (2017)
"i'm always reaching out for left-field ideas and approaches, trying to understand what i can do and what i can't do" ... george nick
"looking at nickâs paintings, itâs evident that heâs not after anything high-concept. he drives around in his mobile studio, a converted truck, and paints on site" ... cate mcquaid
"those of us lucky enough to know george in the flesh must sometimes shield our eyes against his core of blazing dedication, and smile at the elaborate apparatus of his sainthood â the famous picture-window truck, almost a magritte fantasy in its placement of a miniature studio on wheels, once painted bright orange and now a more camouflaging green, ornamented with a martyrâs wreath of parking tickets. cezanne and monet, trudging out into the heat and rain with their three-legged easels, have nothing on this daily pilgrim. rising at dawn to arrive miles distant as a certain slant of morning light befalls a chosen railroad bridge or storefront, he is natureâs acolyte; no mere coincidence has brought him to dwell in emerson and thoreauâs town of concord. dedicating himself to representation ¡in the heyday of abstract expressionism, he had fairfield porterâs stubbornness without porterâs family fortune. both the serenity and harshness of the independent spirit speak in his canvases, in a mood of morning light, with most of the day still to come. the 'here it is' of his paintings does not need to advertise love; love exists here not as a sentiment but as a basic condition of being" ... john updike
"well my scouting report is that nick can't play left field ... nor can he paint the corners like pedro" ... al janik
