

The remnants of his bush upbringing are subtly apparent in his large, expressive, emotionally powerful paintings. The outback theme is sometimes contrasted by a sense of urban grit and chaos to further veil his works in an element of mystique.
Each painting is a significant piece of an on-going biographical account of Demasi’s life. Some from the immediate past and others travel further back in time to childhood encounters.
Colour takes a leading role in the paintings. At times it is decadently slathered on in unabashed portions and in contrast washed over the surface as a thin stain like a water impression. This remains almost seeing through to the bone of the raw canvas left in its natural state. Nikolas Demasi aspires to invoke people’s passions and desire with his paintings.

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Being raised in such an artist dominant area gave me a lot to be thankful for especially a great understanding of the landscape & the colour, and the characters painting them. My intention is to cause an emotional response in the viewer provoking mood rather than portraying a particular message. Exploring untraditional methods allows me the freedom to create multi layered yet constructed pieces mixing oil paint, acrylic inks and glazes with unexpected and sometimes surprising results. By building up layers, I then scrape them back, scratch and scare the surface, staining and masking certain areas, whilst leaving others to shine through.Depicting different moods and atmospheres, creating a sense of movement and the tone of the works create a unique mood while retaining a relationship to the rest of the series. |
email: nikolasdemasi@hotmail.com