Better Than Cheese

Nicholas was born in Kingston upon Thames and spent twenty odd years

living, learning and working in Surrey. He has previously lived in Berkshire,

Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Wiltshire and more recently in

Devon for nine years.

He recently moved to Lincolnshire fairly close to where the Ornithologist,

Conservationist and artist Sir Peter Scott once lived.

He is an abstract come semi-abstract artist influenced by cubism, surrealism and anime. Influential artists include August Macke, Robert Delaunay, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, M C Escher, Casper David Fredrich, Pieter Bruegel the elder, Miro and William Heath-Robison.

His inspiration comes from our wonderful world particularly the natural world which includes the animal. vegetable, mineral and environmental. Things of particular interest have been rock and biological sections as well as things like pollen fungi and microfossils. He is fascinated by the shapes, colours and textures seen under a microscope. The venation of insect wings for instance are used to frame some interesting images in order to create stories.

Whilst living in Devon he was a member of the Tavistock Group of Artists

(TGA) and Drawn to the Valley (DttV) and as such took part in

exhibitions as a member of the Kernow Creative Partnership he showed at the Castle Gallery in Bude, Harbour House Gallery in Kingsbridge, the Artizan Gallery in Torquay as well as at galleries in Launceston and Okehampton.

At a young age he spent a lot of tie doodling, drawing and colouring.

Creativity through mark making and walking a line into a doodle is a very

important part of his artistic life. Experimenting and learning as well as

conducting workshops are also important. He turned professional in his fifties.

In this podcast series, Paula Telizyn explores what it means to be creative, how to keep going when things get difficult, and where to find inspiration.