Nick Savides

Handball Court, Oil Painting

2022

Artist Comments
Artist Nick Savides presents a realistic scene of Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side. Kids play ball in the background as Nick focuses on the empty court in the foreground. The morning sunbeams on the trees, casting shadows across the floor and wall. "I wanted to capture how the outline seems like x-rays of the trees beyond," says Nick.

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.”

Words that describe this painting: handball court, shadow, NYC, urban, New York, cityscape, Hopper, Hopperesque, realism, sport, park, morning, trees, oilpaint, urban, architecture, architecture, sports, realism, oil painting, grey

Handball Court
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2022
24 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.25 in. d
5 lbs. 0 oz.