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Nick Ward, Recent Works at Distillery Gallery

January 16, 2013 1 Comment

That curious feeling when you've looked at something so closely, it begins to seem unreal... Is that part of what makes the paintings of Nick Ward so intriguing? The lush palettes almost exacerbate the subjects' flaws - or is it the flaws that accentuate their beauty? The paintings are so detailed as to be almost surreal, and yet in the surreal, something of the … [Read more...]

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