Nick Savides

Bridge to Sunset, Oil Painting

2024

Artist Comments
A figure crosses a bridge that overlooks the Hudson River and Jersey City. The vertical stains on the structure mirror the city skyline, while the clouds echo the horizon. Sails of a passing boat glow in the backlight. The light of the warm, summer evening softens the transition between day and night.

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: urban, cityscape, NYC, New York, city, sunset, Hopper, Hopperesque, Jersey City, Hudson River, bridge, sky, clouds, skyline, architecture, travel, realism, oil painting, grey

Bridge to Sunset
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.