the taos gallery presents: ISSA DE NICOLA

Issa is an award winning artist in both acrylic and pastel. Most recently he won the Juror's Choice Award in the Local Color Juried Exhibition (July 2009, Taos NM). As a self-taught painter, Issa de Nicola’s approach to painting is one of openness to the mystery and creative energy present in each moment. Steeped in color, light and mood, his paintings represent a diverse range of style and emotion. Some are soothing and meditative, others flamboyant, with rhythm and movement resulting in a level of skill and originality worthy of the most discriminating art collector. Issa feels that a warm heart, with kindness and respect towards others and the environment are keys to sustainable, peaceful coexistence.

A few of Issa de Nicola’s honors include being selected for the 2002 New Mexico Magazine Distinguished Artists Calendar; as an “Artist to Watch” by Southwest Art Magazine; “Best of Show” in the 2003 Taos Solar Arts Festival; and 2007 Poster Artist for Casa de Corazon in Taos, New Mexico.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

"Some breif thoughts on painting; On the sacred; the path of being a visual artist has great heart because it is a calling, one that i am slowly and happilly fulfilling. So i aspire to treat it with love and patience, Hoping that these qualities come out in the images. I also feel that paintings are mirrors not only of my own conciosness but also of the collective conciousness we are all part of. So if something sacred is portrayed in a peice that reveals something deep, some profound simple truth about ourlselves, our vision, our connection to each other, nature, creativity, our true source... then i have done my work as an artist, as a human being. -idn"