Barcelona
based painter Nikolaos Schizas creates dynamic abstract paintings that radiate
with vibrant splashes of color, and communicate a strong sense of movement and
fluidity. He is inspired by a drive to explore unconscious feelings and
repressed emotions.
Mixing
acrylics, spray paint and resin, Schizas employs a range of methods, from
spraying, pouring and dripping paint directly onto the canvas, to using a
mixture of traditional brushes and untraditional tools, such as spatulas, to
make sweeping, gestural marks.
A self-taught painter, he expresses through his work a natural and intuitive passion for the materiality of paint, and an instinctual appreciation for emotionally charged color relationships. His fresh and vibrant aesthetic position occupies a space between Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism and Pop, and seems to emanate from a dreamlike and mysterious realm.
Featured
image: Nikolaos Schizas - portrait. Photo courtesy IdeelArt