The Artwork of Nick Woodcroft - Samui Art Studio - Koh Samui - Thailand
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"My first public gallery exhibition was in August 1990, a group graduation show, self organized at a "known gallery in London's Covent Garden," says Nick. "I became a professional artist in 1991 in South Africa. My girlfriend and I worked together in an artistic partnership and we came here to Koh Samu, earning our living from our art work for the next seven years".

Nick, a sculptor and painter of oil paintings graduated with honors in 3D Design. He has exhibited worldwide in venues ranging from the Oriental Ban Taling Ngam here on Koh Samui to a royal residence in Phuket and a private show in Germany.

Artist's Statement:

The root of my artistic in inspiration lies in Mother Nature (mostly); more specifically in her contrasts. For example where the land meets the sea, here on  Samui we can have an amazing sunset in one direction and a tropical storm brewing in he other. I am inspired by what I call nature's placement and natural design.

It may be in the form a perfectly eroded hole n a beautifully shaped beach pebble or sand textures and patterns at low tide.

Some of my sculptures may have a strong relationship to naturally eroded forms while others are more designed and have more of a man-made feel to them as do some of my paintings. In the sculptures I also try to show contrasts. This could be rough and smooth textures on the same piece, or a very organically shaped form in harmony very a very angular form.

Over the years I have also been producing works on a circular theme, the circle and its endless meanings, deeply rooted in nature and deeply rooted in mankind. I strive to find an erratic harmony or fluid precession in my circular paintings by using a strong colour or bold brush strokes, held in harmony by the circle placed on the square canvas. And this is a theme I wish to keep exploring in painting and later in sculpture too. the paintings could described as symbolic\conceptual.

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