Nick Lord

Combining his own unique painterly style with influences from classical art history, to 90s Hip Hop culture, to present day contemporary life in all its guises, Nick Lord represents what is most exciting about painting today.

DegreeArt.com and Contemporary Collective proudly present the debut solo show of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2013, Nick Lord. Since taking first place in the Portrait Award in 2013, Lord has focused his attentions on creating a new body of paintings, influenced by 19th Century French realist artists including; Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet and Jules Breton. Playing with notions of Realism, Lord imagines himself behind the easel of these artists, as if they were alive and painting everyday life today.