Late 2007

Here are paintings completed by November of 2007. Many of them were shown in a group exhibition at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY this year. At left: Cantablate (65" x 54")





At right: Bobalob (14" x 12")









At left: Papalote (50" x 37")







At right: Otic (24" x 20")









At left: Tympana Rising (23" x 20")







At right: Untitled (24" x 20")






At left: Lop-Snick (20" x 16")








At right: Atonal (16" x 18")








   At left: Pioneer Nebula (14" x 12")








   At right: Van Horn (24" x 20")

As always, click on the image to see an enlargement.

Many of these were shown at the exhibition called 

"Five Painters Painting", Nov.15-Dec.15 2007 at the 

Steel Plant Gallery, Marist College. This group show

was curated by Ed Smith.  Thanks to Ed for doing a great job!

Nice words about the Exhibition...

...a review about the exhibition discussed below:
....Niccolls’s large, vibrant abstract canvases hark back to a time when Arthur Dove and Suzy Frelinghuysen were helping to define American Art with their own brand of Fauvism. For me, though, Niccolls's gouache work on paper is what stands out most powerfully, even though each piece is a modest 11 x 8 inches. These little charms pack a punch, inciting in viewers the feeling that they have unearthed something treasured. – Elizabeth A. Stevens
(More at: CultureCatch)

Big Shoe

A three person show at Carl Van Brunt's gallery in Beacon, NY

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Gouaches in the gallery. This group seemed to excite
a lot of interest. One was sold very quickly.

An art lover attempts to fathom the unfathomable.
















Hudson Valley artists Judy and Phil Sigunick laughing it up with a person.













A view of another wall in the space.



Artist Pamela Blum discussing the gouache paintings with Mr. Intellectual.

















Designer
Suzanne Ball, looking
happy to be here...










Vivacious artist Carol Struve.

Artist & gallerist

Carl Van Brunt, 

standing next to...

Here's art star and photographer
Dakin Roy, perusin' da paintings....

The largest painting, somewhat advanced from that image down below...

In Progress...

This is another one I'm working on-a detail of a fairly large surface. I'm frantically working on a show for April.

In Progress

This painting has been in the works for...a while. It's roughly 4 feet tall, oil on canvas. (click on the pic to see it larger) 

Recently, I stored it away. 

June

I painted this in grad school. At the time, I felt that June was the sweetest month. Remembering the light in the south of France (in that month), and the decorative ironwork I saw there--I think this painting is about that.

Mediterranean Boats

In grad school, I was lucky enough to get to travel to southern France, do some teaching and travelling...I also spent a lot of time painting what I could see out in the Mediterranean, from the roof of an old chateau. I could look almost straight down into the water. Boats were tied up near the quay which was a hundred meters or so out from the chateau walls. 

The Rose-Colored Past

It's a painting I made while in school, working on my BFA. Oil on masonite. 

An Old One

Back some time ago (1980's) in Cambridge, I was working on this. It's gone now. C'est la vie.

Into something...

Yeah, I am into something. What is it?  (photo by Megan McNaught)