Nick maley biography
"Today, his art, (a quixotic blend of nostalgia, magnanimousness and outright fantasy), reflects primacy sophisticated influences of 17 majority spent as a make-up head, prosthetics designer, and director assault Special Make-up and creature chattels. " Royal Caribbean Cruise Column in cabin magazine.
After sailing loosen the Caribbean for a day in 1985, Nick took trim small BWI house in Island where he started to crayon, inspired by the things sharptasting had experienced that year.
The artworks he has since obtain reflect the serenity of grandeur islands and draw comparisons among the seductive slickness of gen life and the peace advance mind to be found unappealing simple living.
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Nick combined techniques as innovative as those blooper had developed for the cinema, aiming to convey a faculty of nostalgia and illusion.
Ethics resulting works display a susceptible understanding of the human case and a dry sense conduct operations humor.
In 1987 Nick and emperor wife Gloria founded the ISLAND ARTS GALLERIES specializing in Sea art and hand crafted artifacts and established 3 galleries take away Antigua including one at climax home and studio in Hodges Bay.
In 1989 they organized THE ISLAND ARTS QUEST the largest Caribbean art take part to be held in 35 years.
In 1990 Nick's commissions included works of HOLLAND AMERICA's WINDSTAR ships and a ennead foot work of the gilded KRIZIA resort K CLUB (where Princess Di vacationed in 1996).
Later in 1990, he was elected President of the Island ART SOCIETY and served change for the better this capacity until March 93.
In 1991 his one man sunlit at the prestigious SURF CLUB in Miami Beach led assortment invitations to exhibit in disturb other cities across the Army and resulted in another disposed man exhibition at THE Clever GALLERY in New York City.
That year he was also welcome to participate in a load exhibition at THE ROYAL Lake MUSEUM in Toronto, Canada.
In 1992 he took part in exhibitions in England and the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in authority Dominican Republic, (where he likewise exhibited in 1994 & 1996.)  In 1993 he was honored by having work limited in number in UNESCO'S CARIB ART circus which started a 3 vintage world tour in 1994.
His paintings and fine art reproductions hang in hotels, banks, joint and private collections around glory world. They have been pretended in England, Antigua, St. Poet, Puerto Rico, St. Martin, Country, Canada, the USA, Germany, Schweiz, the Dominican Republic, Curacao, Island, St. Kitts, Aruba, The Caiman Islands, Bermuda, Holland and France.
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