“Growing up in Broken Hill i would say i have been saturated by that sparse and rugged landscape. even as a small child i spent a considerable amount of time out camping with friends and witnessing my surroundings. subconsciously this was playing a big part to what i portray today. My mates and older brother had motorbikes and this was the real outback side to Broken Hill.  Practically most of the northern side of the outskirts of the town were all dirt roads and we could ride our motorbikes around there. So my connection to the land and the bush has been engrained into me”

In 2008 Nik found himself producing large artwork based in a rural and remote country location based in South Australia called Balaklava. The particular type of arid landscape found its way onto Demasi’s large scale canvases.The bold , brash use of materials thrown around as it was weathered along the way. The apparent overflow of similar images from when he was a child living in Broken Hill were starting to formally take shape. The saturation of oranges and this continual almost habitual use of the arid scape viewpoint. He found that he was starting to think of his works as whole bodies of artwork.

“i find producing whole bodies of work a great way to re count your childhood experiences as well as look at new experiences . I don’t know why but i have always been drawn towards making full bodies of work, instead of making singular pieces of work. there is this challenge in seeing what would happens when you start ‘conceptually’ twenty pieces of work. When you create a whole body of work your work is more at one, each piece has that relationship with the other”.

The overflow of work in this time was furious and is shown by the amount of gallery representations he had in these years. He found himself involved in a quite rich and dynamic art community that were scattered within the northern arid inter land area. he found some form of inspiration from living in this sparse area.

“As a painter you cant help paint your surroundings and this was the surroundings i had been given by circumstances. Its all about circumstances”.