Georgiana Luiza Nicolae

UK based emerging artist. Drawing inspiration from everything that surrounds me. My medium of choice is acrylic but I work regularly with watercolours, inks, pastels (soft and oil) and occasionally oils. I paint, draw or sketch everyday with rare exceptions and I learn something new with every brush stroke. My work is quite diverse as I am a rather curious person and tend to experiment a lot; However, I've always been captivated by expressionist, semi-abstract figurative art and most of my work reflects this. I'm drawn to unique shapes, unusual subjects, odd angles and interesting perspectives. I have a preference for forceful expressive brush strokes, bold palette knife applications (impasto) and painterly marks paired with a limited colour palette that captivate the eye. I find beauty in almost anything, especially that which is not seen as traditionally beautiful, that which stands against the norms. Hence, I'm fascinated with gloomy, haunting, unsettling scenes that elicit a sense of melancholy and despondency. In consequence, my paintings have been criticized by some on account of bleakness which has influenced me to create brighter paintings occasionally.

I am vastly self taught, although I've had a few artist friends arou...

Masters of Science - Forensic Psychology
Bachelors of Science - Psychology and Criminal Behaviour