OIL PAINTINGS

Artist and painter, Nick Patten, is often described as an American Vermeer bringing beauty and mystique to everyday scenes. His subjects are simple and his vision profound. Patten invites us to fall in love with light again. His paintings glow with angled, reflected, curtain-diffused light. Graduating with a BA in Fine Art, he participated in life drawing classes at the Art Students League and the National Academy. His works can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, including the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Mississippi Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Print Club of Albany Permanent Collection, and many other private, corporate, and museum collections. “I don’t try to manipulate the observer’s emotions,” he says. “It is not my intention to create a narrative; I enjoy it when a viewer brings their own experiences to my paintings.”⁠ In early 2020 he was awarded one of the two top prizes in a juried members show at the Providence Art Club.⁠ Regardless of his intentions, Patten’s hauntingly still, calm and serene paintings often leave viewers with a sense of wistful nostalgia.