Scarp oil on canvas 2015 77 x 102 cm 2015

July 7, 2015 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