Nick Savides

Love on Orchard, Oil Painting

2024

Artist Comments
The April afternoon sun casts diagonal shadows across a building on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side, just north of Broome. A vibrant "Love" mural dominates the center, its colors reflected in the clothing rack of the corner shop and extending to the figure walking diagonally into the frame. The graffiti enhances the urban energy of the scene.

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: Hopper, Hopperesque, urban, city, love, Lower East Side, mural, facade, building, New York, NYC, windows, arch, street, sidewalk, script, architecture, travel, realism, oil painting, beige

Love on Orchard
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2024
24 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.25 in. d
5 lbs. 0 oz.