Nicole Fearfield

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For Nicole Fearfield, painting is the embodiment of freedom. Her work is driven by memories of foreign adventures. When she paints, she relives the sensory experiences of certain places: ‘the sun on my skin, the smell of lavender on the breeze, the ambient sound of the locals,’ conducting these recollections through her brushstrokes.

For Fearfield, painting is about ‘finding aliveness,’ conveying her wonderful lust for life. Her initial stages are governed by energetic brushstrokes which tune into her feelings of joyful abandon. She is a physical painter, her marks exploding from full-body movements.

The freedom of her work is anchored by a tightness of composition: frenetic mark making is tempered by continents of colour; the low values are uplifted by the high; an energetic surface is counteracted by subtle layers. This tension between release and consideration create works with an emotive power.

Striking from a distance and complex up close, Fearfield’s paintings act as ocean pools, pulling the viewer towards them to discern their ever-revealing depths. ‘Much like when you meet a new person,’ she says, ‘you are attracted by their surface, but it isn’t until you get closer that you see the qualities which make them who they are.’

Nicole Fearfield was awarded Winner, Revival Art and Design Emerging Art Prize 2023. She is holding her first Solo Show, "Moving Colour" in March 2024.

Selected Works

Ski Holiday by Nicole Fearfield

Ski Holiday

Paintings - 150x100 cm
Paris in Autumn by Nicole Fearfield

Paris in Autumn

Paintings - 130x170 cm
Crowd Surfing by Nicole Fearfield

Crowd Surfing

Paintings - 100x150 cm
Whatever Works For You by Nicole Fearfield

Whatever Works For You

Paintings - 100x120 cm
Go Time by Nicole Fearfield

Go Time

Paintings - 73x93 cm
Good Things, Here Now by Nicole Fearfield

Good Things, Here Now

Prints - 102x81 cm
Hazy Days by Nicole Fearfield

Hazy Days

Paintings - 47x52 cm
More Than Enough by Nicole Fearfield

More Than Enough

Paintings - 88x68 cm
Almost Everything by Nicole Fearfield

Almost Everything

Paintings - 88x68 cm
A New Love by Nicole Fearfield

A New Love

Paintings - 41x31 cm

Lemon Lime Orange

Paintings - 92x52 cm

A Bit Potty

Paintings - 94x73 cm

Blissed Out

Paintings - 101x92 cm

Bright Skies Big Sun

Paintings - 93x78 cm

Road to Salalah

Paintings - 114x106 cm

Already Bronze 1

Paintings - 80x135 cm

Raspberry Crush

Paintings - 93x78 cm

Beach Fireworks

Paintings - 93x91 cm

Rains Expected

Paintings - 52x47 cm

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