Most of the time I don’t explicitly say what I think I am depicting in my paintings. When a painting is of a specific moment, or was inspired by an event, it can be fun to relate the anecdotal critique; but in contrast, when a painting comes from a purely mental image it ... Continue Reading
untitled (detail), 2008 First of all, I have to say that this painting is one of my favourites. It was painted the day after I spent a wonderful August afternoon floating in the warm, soupy green waters south of Port Franks. I wanted to capture the intense colours of the water an ... Continue Reading
This painting was created as part of the “24-Hour Rush for The Arts Project” fundraiser. The painting is now in the private collection of Laurie Bursch, whose generous winning bid at the silent auction contributed to a total of over $9000 in support for London, Ontari ... Continue Reading
The next time the sun is shining while dogwood seeds float through the air, close one eye, stretch out your arm to eclipse the sun with the tip of your thumb and focus your eyes on the sky that surrounds it. Above you, for miles, drifts a giant dome of brilliant motes that danc ... Continue Reading
untitled (detail), by nik harron, 2007 This painting is based on a blurry night-time photo taken as a reference for the finished work. Before the sidewalk boulevard became a riot of flowering nightshades planted by my partner, it was a spectacular pride of dandelions which I had ... Continue Reading
It’s obvious to anyone that I enjoy painting landscapes of water. I originally grew up on the sea in Ireland, and on the shores of Lake Huron here in Canada. This painting represents the lake when only the last ragged shades of daylight are left to define the line where wat ... Continue Reading
This painting is the second in the original series of four landscapes that I did for the Carpe Vinum show in 2001. It continues to explore the themes of destruction, nature and light that underscored “trinity“. Although deceptively bleak, the text carved into the surf ... Continue Reading
grass, detail, by nik harron, 2001 This piece is the third painting from the original series of four landscapes that I did for the Carpe Vinum show in 2001. It moves beyond the sturm and drang of the first two to represent a deeply individual experience of lying back in tall, fr ... Continue Reading
water (detail), by nik harron, 2001 This final painting from the original landscape series examines the abstract quantum duality at the heart of our understanding of reality which represents for me a completely mental relationship with nature. It is a benign opposite to where the ... Continue Reading