A Lifetime Retrospective of Painting in Realism in Downtown Brooklyn
Art has always been a part of Nick Savides’ life. As a child, he learned to paint from his mother. At Brandeis University, he studied under New York figurative painter Paul Georges, from whom he learned formal composition and painting techniques.
While his initial focus was on interior settings (influenced by Jan Vermeer), after he moved to New York in 1980, he turned to city scenes, painting people in the context of the streets.
Later, while living in Brooklyn, he drew new inspiration from his surroundings and painted scenes from Park Slope, Prospect Park, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Verrazano Bridges. He then broadened his focus to New England landscapes and national parks across the United States, before moving on to paint scenes from travels to Paris.