Nick Pike

Working from my studio in Stroud, I have developed a style that I refer to as ‘Ghost Impressionism’, primarily achieved by applying oil with sponges, where the location becomes more recognisable than the people within. Translucent figures float through the paintings, reflecting our brief presence on Earth.

My work has been curated in a Saatchi Art online exhibition and I was nominated for a Cotswolds Award for Artist of the Year. I am also a Cotswold Natural Mindfulness Guide, where I organise walks encouraging people to explore different perspectives. Experiencing nature in this way has inspired many of my artworks.

'Square Panoramas' - My current style of painting translates panoramic scenes into square images, thus creating a new visual language and enabling the viewer to experience fresh perspectives of known locations. 

When joining Instagram, I discovered the best way to present my paintings was as square images. I enjoyed this challenge and found myself creating oil & charcoal portraits to suit these parameters - though at this point my landscape paintings just didn’t fit this format. When I had the idea of turning a panorama into a square, I began to realise it would have an instant dramatic effect. Like optical illusio...

2022

Three Storeys (Nailsworth) - Group Exhibition - Winter Exhibition - (13th Dec - 21st Jan '23)

Art in Penallt (Penallt, Monmouth) - Group Exhibition (Aug 27th - 29th)

Nature in the Cotswolds (Felt Cafe, Brimscombe) - Solo Exhibition (April 1st - 30th)

Big Feb Art Sale (Painswick) - Solo Art Studio & Online Exhibition. Featuring paintings of Snowdrops, Nature, Abstracts, Square Panoramas, Parisian scenes, City/Streetscapes & Oil Portraits - 30% Discount on selected artworks (Feb 1st - 28th)

Three Storeys (Nailsworth) - Group Exhibition - Winter Exhibition - (5th - 15th Jan)

2021

Montpellier Gallery (Stratford-upon-Avon) - Gallery Representation - Square Panoramas, Parisian scenes & Horse Paintings

2020

Park Gallery (Cheltenham) - Gallery Representation - Square Panoramas

Rococo Garden (Painswick)​ - Exhibition of Snowdrop Limited edition prints and greeting cards - (Jan - Feb)

Site Festival (Brimscombe)​ - Open Studios -  (Jun 13-14th & Jun 20th-21st Jun)

2019​

Sep 21st - Oct 20th: Partridges of Sloane Square (London) - Solo exhibition - 'Portraits of Icons in Oil & Charcoal'

May - August: Wilks (Bristol)​ - Solo Exhibition - 'Square Panoramas' 

April - May: The Malthouse Collective (...