BORN TEXAS
FEBRUARY 9, 1953
1982-1986
EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTING THE ART ESTATE OF WARREN DAVIS (1932-1974) Inadvertently WAS THE CATALYST TO MY PERSONAL CAREER AS AN ARTIST. (THIS SECOND GENERATION
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WAS INFLUENCED BY FRIENDS, WILLEM DEKOONING AND
MARK ROTHCO). MY EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DAVIS ESTATE, SMITHSONIAN, AND
OTHER MUSEUMS Instilled AND Inspired A DEEP PASSION FOR Artistry and
it's metaphysical relationships to the finite world around us.
TM SYNERGIST ...
"COMBINING COLOUR
IN MOTION,
GENERATING
A UNIQUE DEPTH OF FIELD ..."
---JACK
NICHOLS 1995
"TURN
OF THE CENTURY ARTIST"
THE MEDIUMS OF EXPRESSION ARE
ENDLESS... AS THE CREATIVE ASPECTS OF OUR ACTIONS ARE THE PUREST FORM OF
ART... LIFE AS WE LIVE IT, THE CANVAS, MUSIC, LITERATURE, SOCIAL
EXCHANGE, AND INTIMACY IN OUR LIVES, ARE ALL PART OF THE ARTISTIC
NATURE…
A WOMAN RAISING CHILDREN IS
AS BEAUTIFUL AN EXPRESSION, AS COMPOSING A CONCERTO OR SCULPTING
BEAUTIFUL FORMS…
AS AN AUTODIDACT, PART OF THE UNIQUENESS IN THIS WORK HAS
GROWN OUT OF EXPERIMENTING WITH A SERIES OF NEW APPLICATION TECHNIQUES...
BY USING BRUSHES THAT ARE NOT RIGID, THE COLOURS MERGE, GIVING
MORE FREEDOM
TO CREATE WITH THE VISUAL IMPACT GENERATED BY THE RULE OF SIMULTANEOUS
CONTRAST… WHERE THERE IS THE APPARENT CHANGE IN COLOUR, AS APPLIED
AGAINST DIFFERENT COLOURED BACKGROUNDS…
(WHICH IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT
THE EYE AUTOMATICALLY YEARNS FOR THE COMPLEMENTARY COLOUR OF ANY GIVEN
COLOUR AND “CREATES” IT... IF IT IS NOT AVAILABLE…Susanna
Partsch 1991 / Re: Paul Klee 1879-1940 )
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THE PAINTINGS REVEALED
BOLD, ADVENTUROUS, AND SPIRITED SPONTANEOUS USE OF COLOR, SHAPE, AND
LINE. THERE WERE NO LABORIOUS ATTEMPTS AT TECHNIQUE OR TRADITIONAL IMAGERY.
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE HAD ASSESSED THE MAELSTROM AND LEGACY OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, LEAPING HEADLONG INTO A PROLIFIC PRODUCTIVITY.
-RALPH WHITE 1921-2004 8/95 PROFESSOR
EMERITUS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
A GREAT SHOW- INSPIRATIONAL
AND ENDURING! STAY WITH IT! THE WORLD OF ART NEEDS YOU! - GORDON
PARKS 1912-2006
11/11/95 NYC
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED
AT YOUR SHOW, I SAID TO MYSELF, WOW! I SAW PAINTINGS I REALLY FELT AND
COULD IDENTIFY WITH... -HERBERT GENTRY 1919-2003
11/30/95 NYC/ FRANCE
NO TIMID STROKES
HERE. WHIMSICAL IMAGINATIVE, EVEN MYSTERIOUS, HIS WORK EVOKES CURIOSITY
IN THE VIEWER TO LOOK BEYOND AND SEEK INNER MEANING, AND THE ENERGY
OF EXPLORATION TURNED INWARD CAN BE PERSONALLY REVEALING OF BOTH ARTIST
AND VIEWER. COLOR SELECTIONS ARE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IMAGINATIVE AND
CHALLENGING, SOMETIMES SOOTHING, USUALLY PROVOCATIVE. HIS STROKES ARE
STRONG AND PUSHED WITH CONFIDENCE, FRENETIC, YET THE UNDERLYING FEEL
IS THAT THE ARTIST KNOWS WHERE HE IS GOING. BOLD AND CHALLENGING, YET
THE TEMPTATION TO DIVE IN AND GO EXPLORING IS ALWAYS THERE.
-JEAN
GREER 1991 ART CRITIC/ GALLERY OWNER
In short,
the paintings of Jack Nichols are icons of energy - the energy of the
man himself, and by inference, the pervasive energy of the universe.
Early on, Nichols - by nature bent, not by some cool rationality, found
himself in the crossroads and gale of abstract expressionism. He sensed
a resonance with the works of Pollock to Franz Kline, and others of the
“New York School” and was moved to find ways to give visual form to his
own aesthetic experience.
The result, to date, has been rich and various - an extensive number of
small and large paintings, mostly in acrylic of arresting quality. How
to characterize these is no simple task. Still, there are some things
this writer can risk saying about them: They reflect the freedom of the
autodidact;
They document the direction of post-modern art; They exist as statements
of a gifted man finding his ways to exude the energy of his personal
quest…and they are beautiful records of that quest.
2/22/04
Donald L. Weismann 1914-2007
Past Member, National Council For The Arts
(Appointment by President Johnson)
"CREATING ANCESTRAL
IMAGES FOR THE ANCESTORS... DOING WHAT I LOVE...TILL I COULD DO IT NO MORE..."
---JACK
NICHOLS 1995
SCHEDULED / CURRENTLY:
GRATITUDE EXHIBIT 804 CONGRESS AVE 2ND
FLOOR, AUSTIN TEXAS
DECEMBER 12 2007 THRU JANUARY 31 2008 (BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY...512-762-7629)
EUROPE: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY "TRANSCENDING THE MILLENNIUM"
(OPENING SPRING 2000)
cancelled
AUSTIN: OMNI HOTEL / THE AUSTIN CENTRE ATRIUM, 700 BRAZOS
"PASSIONATE CIRCLES" 11' X 44' "ONE OF THE LARGEST CANVAS PAINTINGS
IN THE WORLD"
1995 THRU 1999
MINERAL HUNTERS
STUDIO 104 / 104 COLE ST., DALLAS TEXAS
NEW
YORK:
SARAH RENTSCHLER GALLERY (ONE MAN SHOW) "FROM LINEAR
TO CIRCULAR INCLUSIVE" NOVEMBER 1995 PENTHOUSE, 450 WEST 24TH STREET
(CHELSEA)
NEW YORK: SUTTON
PLACE 403 EAST 57TH
NOVEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 2008
AUSTIN:
LOMBARDI GALLERY 918 W. THIRD "STONEHENGE TO CAIRO /
THE MILLENNIUM SERIES" (ONE MAN SHOW) DECEMBER 4, 1997 TO JANUARY 24,
1998
"THE END
OF THE CENTURY "
1988
- 1999 (ONE
MAN SHOW)
DOUGHERTY
ART CENTER, 1110 BARTON SPRINGS (1-19-1999)
TOP OF THE MARC
AND KATZ'S, (ONE
MAN SHOW)
1992
TRUDY'S NORTH MAGNOLIA
CAFE, TRUDY'S SOUTH 1993
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK
(DOWN TOWN) 1995 (ONE
MAN SHOW)
ASTARTE 318 COLORADO,
JANUARY-MAY 1996
(ONE
MAN SHOW)
SHORE LINE GRILL
@ FOUR SEASONS HOTEL NOVEMBER -JANUARY 1997
(ONE
MAN SHOW)
CENTRAL MARKET "FUTURE
IMAGES" APRIL 1997
(ONE
MAN SHOW)
CEDAR STREET BAR
JANUARY 1996 - JULY 1998
(ONE
MAN SHOW)
LOMBARDI GALLERY
918 W. THIRD
IRON CACTUS CAFE
6TH AND TRINITY
NOVEMBER 1997 - JUNE 2000
ANTONE'S, 5TH AND
LAVACA
OCTOBER 1997 - JUNE 1999
OMNI HOTEL / THE AUSTIN CENTRE ATRIUM, 700 BRAZOS
"PASSIONATE CIRCLES"
11' X 44 ' "ONE OF THE LARGEST CANVAS PAINTINGS
IN THE WORLD"
1995 THRU 1999
(weight
approx 600lbs)
DALLAS:
CEDAR STREET BAR, ROUTH STREET OCTOBER 1996- JUNE 1998
(FORMERLY "BABY ROUTHS") (ONE
MAN SHOW)
CLASSICS BY CBI
SUITE 11018 DALLAS TRADE CENTER, DALLAS TEXAS
MINERAL HUNTERS
STUDIO 104, 104 COLE ST., DALLAS TEXAS
HOUSTON:
MICHAEL PIE'LE (SHOW ROOM) HOUSTON DESIGN CENTER