Catching Up With Nicholas Borden
Painter Nicholas Borden came along to Doreen Fletcher’s opening on Thursday night to show support to a fellow artist. He invited me to come round next morning and see what he has been up to over the last year. I have been following Nicholas’s work since I met him painting in a blizzard in Vallance Rd in 2013. The paintings below are seen publicly for the first time today and are just a selection of Nicholas’s work from the past twelve months.
The meeting
Hackney Central, Looking Up Mare St
Hackney Central, Looking Down Mare St
London Wall
Valentine Rd
Trying to Cross the Road at the Old Bank, Islington
Victoria Park with Magpie
Trains with Seagull
Cassland Rd, Dusk
Broadway Market
In Bethnal Green
South Library, Essex Rd
Winter Street with Parked Motorcycle
Regent’s Canal, Summer Evening
Snow
Warner Place, Dusk
Waiting for the Bus
The View from my Front Window, Cassland Rd
Meynell Crescent
Winter Snow (work in progress)
Paintings copyright © Nicholas Borden
You may also like to take a look at
Nicholas Borden’s East End View
Nicholas Borden’s Winter Paintings
Nicholas Borden’s Spring Paintings
Fantastic energy in his paintings and a great sense of place.
When will you be doing a book and/or exhibition of his work?
Worthy of solo exhibition. I love the subject matter, form and use of colour. Its great you have featured the work in your blog so reader feedback can build confidence to show the world this important art.
Greetings from Boston,
GA, what a delightful array of cityscapes by your newly discovered Nicholas Burden. My favorites are “Cassland Road, Dusk,” “In Bethal Green,” and “Winter Street with Parked Motorcycle.” Such variety and they all have a positive vibe. Wishing Nicholas the best …
Some familiar sights for me amongst these vibrant paintings…….I particularly like the skies and the perspective of each streetscape is captured beautifully.
I hope that a book of his work will be published!
There is a wonderful indefinable quality about these that captures my imagination, in no way has the artist tried to produce a photographic image, but the paints what he sees and feels. I tried to choose a favourite but failed although I do particularly like Regent’s Canal, Summer Evening~~~ the sky, the trees and the water ~~~ just great. Well done Nicholas and keep up the good work.
PS I wish you would come and paint Colchester. Britain’s First City I would love to see how you would depict the Castle, St Botolph’s Priory, Balkerne Gate and the view up Trinity Street.
Thanks to TGA for bringing this fabulous work to the attention of your readers. I can’t pick a favourite. Love all of them.
Thank-you, gentle author for allowing us to view these wonderful paintings. Cassland Road Dusk does it for me – those orange blooms on the left, the evening sky……. Enormous thanks to Nicholas Borden too.