Nigel Wilson
Nigel's work captures the raw, natural beauty and distinct character of New Zealand's Central Otago landscapes through expressive, impassioned brushwork and vibrant, descriptive colour. From a distance, Wilson's works provide an imposing scene, but up close, they are even more arresting. Oil paint has been applied with variety, energy and certainty, with each stroke having a compelling autonomy. More recently Nigel has developed a series of works, different in character, even some mounted gouaches behind framed glass, and acrylic on canvas.
Nigel was born in 1957 and grew up in Wellington, New Zealand. He has a Fine Arts Degree from Ilam, University of Canterbury, completed in 1982, where he was tutored under Don Peebles. He then taught art professionally for 7 years in Southland. Since then he has exhibited regularly, winning a number of painting awards and is well represented in public and private collections throughout New Zealand and has more than 30 solo exhibitions to his name. He was also the president of the Central Otago Art Society from 2008 through to 2012.
Nigel Wilson - The winner of the ChCh Art Show Award. "Nigel's work 'Orchard Series' captures the natural beauty and distinct character character of Central Otago landscapes through vibrant descriptive colour and emotionally charged brushstrokes. An imposing and resonating colour field tondo results in an almost ethereal light to play on the otherwise hard autumn shapes. View Nigel's clip on You tube with Graeme Stevenson's Colour in Your Life : https://youtu.be/wwkap_nR75I (Copy and paste)