Nick Hais

Nick Hais was born in Northern Ireland in 1948, but he spent most of his childhood in Dorset and Devon. After leaving school he went to Art College in Newcastle. Nick has been a full time painter since 1976, living and working in Dorset since 1979.

"I enjoy the sort of light that is so rich and vibrant that it is very brightly reflected from surfaces, with the result that living shadows are created. I use this quality as it relates to objects and scenes that display an inherent geometry, such as buildings, boats, tables and chairs.. The result is that my paintings are structured compositions of enhanced clarity. My paintings are built up in layers of thin paint. This means that they develop slowly, as this way of painting requires a degree of precision. It is rather an uncompromising method. All my paintings are produced using acrylic paint, almost always on canvas."

Nick graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic with a First Class Dip.A.D. in 1971. He was also awarded a Walter Neurath Art Book Prize. For the next four years he taught part-time on the Fine Art Degree Course at Newcastle. He subsequently spent some time living in Greece, where he had a number of highly successful exhibitions. For many years, from 1987 until the end of 2004, Nick ran The Alpha Gallery in Swanage, Dorset. Over the last few years he has visited a wide range of European countries, gathering working material. Nick's paintings are to be found in various corporate and private collections, including those of Accenture, Lucida plc, P&O, Prudential plc, and Craig Venter. His work is regularly exhibited in different venues in London and the South of England as well as in Nantucket, USA. ,