My work is an act of defiance.

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Art is for everybody, but not everybody knows that.
Poul Borum (1934-1996), noted Danish poet and critic.
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Marxism is about leisure, not labour. It is a project that should be eagerly supported by all those who dislike having to work. It holds that the most precious activities are those done simply for the hell of it, and that art is in this sense the paradigm of authentic human activity
Eagleton, Terry. “Indomitable.” Rev. of How to Change the World: Marx and Marxism 1840-2011, by Eric Hobsbawm. London Review of Books 33.5 (2011): 13-14. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n05/terry-eagleton/indomitable>.
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The “Z” pattern formed by the branches was consciously composed after working on the drawings and mono-prints.

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My work is an act of defiance.

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Avatar Nick was born in Birmingham, England in 1953 and completed his Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1977 followed by a Fellowship in Painting at Sunderland Polytechnic in 1978.

In 2010 Nick completed a four week residency at the Vermont Studio Center where he produced an exciting body of work, including the expansive "Open-ended."

He has exhibited widely throughout the Caribbean and Europe. His work is included in major public and private collections in Barbados and Europe.

Nick is also a published poet who is represented in several anthologies published by the University of the West Indies and the National Cultural Foundation.

He took up the piano as an adult learner and continues to work at becoming more accomplished.

Nick lives and works in Barbados, Finland and the United Kingdom.

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