nik harron » destruction http://nikharron.com creative individual Mon, 07 May 2012 19:39:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 An aerial perspective IV—Smokestack http://nikharron.com/an-aerial-perspective-iv-smokestack/ http://nikharron.com/an-aerial-perspective-iv-smokestack/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:01:37 +0000 artnik http://nikharron.com/?p=1791 From above, the stack breaks the low-lying cloud and sends its shadow skyward.

“An aerial perspective IV—Smokestack”
Acrylic on panel
36×36 in
2012

This painting is in the private collection of Chris Austin. 

]]> http://nikharron.com/an-aerial-perspective-iv-smokestack/feed/ 0 Gravel Pit http://nikharron.com/gravel-pit/ http://nikharron.com/gravel-pit/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:10:13 +0000 artnik http://nikharron.com/?p=687 This image is a diagrammatic representation of the gravelpit, similar to the ones that dot the landscape in southwestern Ontario. The strong vignetting and aged tone lend a nostalgic feeling, as if to suggest the loss of what was once there.

24x24in
Acrylic on panel
2011

This painting is in the private collection of Maya Hirschman.

]]> http://nikharron.com/gravel-pit/feed/ 0 Meanwhile… http://nikharron.com/meanwhile/ http://nikharron.com/meanwhile/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:12:11 +0000 artnik http://nikharron.com/?p=1192 Outside of my normal style, this painting was created to celebrate the birthday of my close friend Chris McInnis, curator of Über Cool Stuff, a Geek Boutique located in London, Ontario. Considering what a colossal comic geek Chris is, I wanted to create something special to mark his birthday, and as we’re both fans of Jim Kirby’s classic character Galactus, it was a foregone conclusion that he’d be the inspiration.

The illustration  is heavily influenced by Jim Lee’s interpretation of the character, and depicts a sullen Galactus— Devourer of Worlds— peering over the rim of a new world, contemplating what is about to happen.

Happy birthday Chris!

“Meanwhile…”
36x36in
Acrylic on panel
2011

This piece is in the private collection of Chris McInnis. 

]]> http://nikharron.com/meanwhile/feed/ 6 Forest fire. http://nikharron.com/forest-fire/ http://nikharron.com/forest-fire/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2001 00:28:12 +0000 artnik http://nikharron.com/?p=255 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 surface draws parallels the irony that events which can seem devastating often perform a necessary function to allow life-affirming growth and development – a theme that is explored not only in the context of trees seeding in the flames, but also the life-cycle of an individual.

forest fire

2001
acrylic on canvas
36x108in
collection of Chad Towsley & Amber McIntyre

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