Atmosphere, Rhythm and Light an Exhibition by Nicole Dickinson

Nicole’s inspiration comes from her love of nature. She is especially attracted to the rugged countryside and coastline of the North of England where she lives. Her paintings depict moods and atmospheres created by the ever-changing English weather.

She is fascinated by the sky and its atmospheric influence on the landscape especially moorland and its weather-beaten trees. Her aim is to communicate the constant and often dramatic movement of clouds created by strong winds. Stormy and grey skies are her favourite.

She especially likes walking on the moors in all weathers with her camera and sketchbook, then painting intuitively in her studio. Her main objective is to translate her emotional response to a moment in time.

She finds that oil paints are a wonderful medium which brings depth and luminosity to a painting. She has started using oil and cold wax for more transparency and atmospheric effects.

Nicole also enjoys experimenting with acrylic, watercolour, collage and mixed media. She likes building up texture and depth with several layers of paint which she often partially rubs or scrapes back in order to leave some of the lower layers exposed.

Her landscape paintings are mainly semi-abstract. She prefers to create works that are more suggestive than purely descriptive. The intention is to let the viewers connect with her work through their own moods and memories.