Seeing You

Ink & mixed media on paper | 26.5 x 59 cm |

Watching You Drift

Ink & mixed media on paper | 38 x 26 cm |

Hoping

Ink & mixed media on paper | 26.5 x 51 cm |

Jenny by the Sea

Ink on paper | 18 x 30cm | 2011

Your Gentle Soul

Ink on paper | 50 x 40cm | 2011

Beth Nicholas.Windy Days.2011.Ink.79.5 x 34cmMB

Watching You Sleeping

Ink on paper | 44 x 28cm | 2011

Stream of Consciousness

Ink on paper | 64.5 x 34.5cm | 2011

Sifting the Sands

Ink on paper | 40 x 29cm | 2011

Seeing You

Ink on paper | 26.5 x 59cm | 2011

Moonrise

Ink on paper | 26.5 x 51cm | 2011

Falling for You Again

Ink on paper | 39.5 x 34.5cm | 2011

Dreaming

Ink on paper | 56.5 x 32cm | 2011

Blustery Day By The Sea

Ink on paper | 88.5 x 38cm | 2011

Back In Time

Ink on paper | 56 x 35.5cm | 2011

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Beth Nicholas is an exciting young British artist working predominantly with ink on paper. Her delicate and enchanting work drifts between bold blues and gold and a fragility that is difficult to define. One of the most exciting aspects of working with a young artist is never quite knowing exactly what they are going to do next and with Beth this is certainly the case. Each new piece I see seems to evolve from within her own particular practice and inspiration.

“The foundation of my current body of work lies in the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi: exploring the beauty found within transience. From finding a rotting garment by a stream to a stream of consciousness, my current collection travels through ethereal, abstract landscape style paintings into figurative ink drawings that investigate the subconscious.

Working with blown ink, oil bar and water washes I am pursuing the organic fluidity of a natural process where the ink finds a path of it’s own through resistance before being diluted and seeping through into the rest of the canvas.

My work is extremely cathartic. I spend hours and hours writing streams of consciousness, which for me, as a dyslexic, can at times be a huge struggle, but at other times the thoughts flow and the time flies. My work therefore is about time and energy and expresses and exposes me as a person.”

EDUCATION

2001-2004: The University of the West of England. Ba (hons) Textile design