BA-JA-BLST

A wonderful piece for a contemporary living space, this painting is the result of a years long refinement of artist Nick Schleicher's process. Combining his love of color theory, mastery of material, and unique talent for synthesizing moments into colors, the work is as personal as it is technical. In this case, Scheicher pulled colors and textures from his wedding and honeymoon into these canvases, calling them "eyedroppers" which pull ephemeral moments into permanent objects.

About Nick Schleicher:
Nick Schleicher presents a series of paintings with the indelible ability to soften harshness and bring levity to the overly serious. They make beautiful the roughness of life and loss, easing the pains of growing up. This series specifically investigates the parameters of permanence, finding comfort in the ambiguity of a life in flux.

With the introduction of the shaped canvas, the exactness of hardline abstraction dissolves in favor of something more human. Delicately warped circles and semicircles loosely recall portals and tombstones. Pointed arches reference clerestories, though they are stripped of their religious connotations, leaving their celestial potential. The borders of the rectangular works wriggle with residual paint. This rejection of a regular container mirrors the artist’s reluctance to accept forced permanence. A celebration of the interim, these paintings lean into imperfection with humor and humanity that make them feel authentic.