Nick Savides

Taco Truck, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
A couple stands outside a taco truck, inspired by a September evening on East 2nd Street in the East Village. Artist Nick Savides was drawn to their interaction, the way the trees were lit up by the night lights, and the long shadow cast by the figure on the left.

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: Hopper, Hopperesque, urban, cityscape, taco truck, NYC, New York, East Village, nocturnal, figures, shadow, night, shop, script, umbrella, food, couple, people, travel, realism, oil painting, brown

Taco Truck
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
12 in. h x 9 in. w x .75 in. d
0 lbs. 12 oz.