Nick Savides

Poppies, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
Inspired by a late-summer walk through New York's West Village, artist Nick Savides captures a storefront where oversized poppies bloom both inside the windows and on the sidewalk. A narrow glimpse of a trunk and soft shadows on the right hint at a larger tree just beyond view. The eye moves through the glass facade into the interior, then circles back outward. Figures appear in varying states, illuminated, obscured, or pictured.

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: New York, NYC, Hopper, Hopperesque, cityscape, city, storefront, Astrid & Miyu, building, facade, sidewalk, script, shop, architecture, travel, realism, oil painting, pink

Poppies
Nick Savides
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.25 in. d
3 lbs. 5 oz.