Goldfinch (after Carel Fabritius) oil on board 34 x 23 cm 2008

October 31, 2014 By Antony

“Nigel Ellis’ works are well rooted in the ancient tradition and yet are like flowers that have opened this morning.”
- George Mackay Brown

Nigel Ellis’ interpretations of his own drawings have become increasingly free and inventive. His mantra whilst working has been ‘closer, closer, closer’ as he focuses in on the elements of his subjects.

This has resulted in an amplitude of gesture, a rich new freedom of translation….. at once dispensing and concealing meaning through subtle brushwork.
- Andrew Lambirth
Art Critic of the Spectator & Author