He also has work in a … The Nick Holly Studio Gallery officially opens tomorrow with a mixed show featuring the work of around 30 artists, including Holly. Now known as the Welsh Lowry, Nick has been exhibiting since 1989: The Attic Gallery, Swansea marina, The Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Oriel Pen y Fan Gallery, Brecon, Fountain Fine Art, Llandeilo, The Russell Gallery, Putney.

The old man told me all about how he was a shoe shine man for 40 years and that he had polished the shoes of “great Americans”. Other signal elements that those who have known his work for some years will recognize he says are ‘yellow taxis, fire hydrants, the Chrysler building and the Brooklyn Bridge.’Nick Holly sees his work as simple and unpretentious. Fine Art . As always the work remains simple: children at play, cats dogs and bustling street scenes or lazy days at the seaside. Drawings (1528) Fine Art - General (191) Mixed Media Art (1505) Paintings (13073) Photography (2610) ... Nick Holly Oil, Swansea Street Scene With Children. I use the technique the help people recall the scene’. Simply place a deposit to secure your artwork. ‘For example on a painting priced at £500 you would pay £250 upfront and £250 a month later.’ Nick studied at the Swansea School of Art and Design, leaving in 1988, and he secured his first solo show in an art gallery in 1998. Nick says ‘the red colour draws the eye into the painting.

He is now widely recognized as of the UK’s most accomplished artists. Galleries. My chat with the old shoe shine man proved to be one of my most memorable experiences in the Big Apple. Holly … From South Wales to Amsterdam and North Africa to New York, one thing I always find interesting is that no matter where in our world you go there are children all playing the same games.I watched the man move closer towards me and sit at the table alongside mine, all the while, in a very British way, pretending not to notice him.

About Nick Holly Born in 1968, Nick Holly grew up in St Thomas, Swansea, what he calls ‘the doorstep of the industrial eastside’. Mr Bojangles has made his way into many of my paintings. He regularly shows his work in galleries across Wales and London.His early work depicted scenes of traditional Welsh life and landscapes such as streets of terrace houses, similar to the area was he was brought up. ... asking for Swansea paintings,” he smiles. ... Nick Holly The Nick Holly Studio Gallery Exchange Building Cambrian Place Swansea SA1 1SE.

Successful Welsh artist Nick Holly is to open his own studio in Swansea that will showcase the work of both established and emerging artists in south west Wales. Subscribe to access price results for 150,000 different artists! I have a monthly payment plan in place in order to help art lovers purchase works of art. With his interest in capturing scenes of gritty Welsh life he has become known as a chronicler or urban life in post-industrial Wales. ‘For example on a painting priced at £500 you would pay £250 upfront and £250 a month later.’ Contact me for further details or pop into the Nick Holly Studio Gallery for a chat. Nick Holly.

Artists. More recently he has started to incorporate people in his paintings, conveying the life of the communities in which he lives.

He has regular sell-out exhibitions with collector’s queuing before opening to secure specific paintings.His palette consists mainly of blues and greys with small touches of red that draw the viewers eye, such as a boys red football shirt or the red sail of a boat. He is now widely recognized as of the UK’s most accomplished artists. He leaned across, “Where are you from?”, I said “Wales in the UK”, amazingly he knew Wales and didn’t ask if it was in London!

As he says himself: ‘people who are familiar with my paintings will know that they are neither pretentious nor hold some deep hidden meaning. Call:+44 (0)7971 343366 Email: info@nickholly.com Nick studied at the Swansea School of Art and Design, leaving in 1988, and he secured his first solo show in an art gallery in 1998. On art under £1000 we accept a 50% upfront payment and the remainder to be paid a month later.

Auctions. On artworks of £1000 or over, payments can be spread over four monthly payments. Since my encounter every time I hear the song Mr Bojangles by Sammy Davies Jr, I think of the old gentleman and my time in a diner, near the Brooklyn bridge.