Nico1770's Comments (49)

Nico! LOVE the blend of bold colors, allowing for the red arena and yellow pools to pop through the dominance of dark. WEll done!

I wonder if we can use this to pour syrup on our pancakes! Love the shape and colors :)

Yes. Geology is a wonderful subject. And any crosssection that reveals the centuries hidden strata, teeming with lustre and color, is a delight for any artist to bring to life. Of note here is the semi-opaque, surrealist fluorishes of red emerging from what is presumed to be the sky are they B's? Are they butterflies? Perhaps great winged ptarmigans flying east. One can only question for the answers have been very intentionally encoded by the artist here for his amusement and his alone

This is the story of the infinity gauntlet's life after thanos snapped his fingers. After destroying half of all living things in the universe, the gem-encrusted gold glove went into hiding, shrouded in shame, and taking jobs of survival in the underbelly of society. Here the famous life ending glove with the six infinity stones is seen dancing at a brothel at 2 am. You can sense the hopelessness in the facial expression of the four stones facing the viewer, and there is no doubt that a personal nadir is coming soon, perhaps for the artist as well as for the gold glove

I spy an axolotl Nico's most elemental works are often the most revealing. While he is not subverting or weaving deeper metaphorical suggestions into this one, he is merely showing us his happy place, the various destinations he anticipates with joy. And as always, his happiest places are accented with yellow, perhaps his happiest place of all

Here the artist is challenging the notion that technology can replace art as the more valuable lens through which to view our world. This painting and papercraft multimedia canvas is a reproductioon of an aerial drone photograp as it flew over an abandoned shopping mall next to an abandoned airfield runway. In his retelling of this visual story, the artist has with great intent reduced the details and the literal cues of desertion and replaced them with simple two dimensional sigils of meaninglessness. Both confriming the triviality and banality of the arbitrary, and also elevating the inadvertent beauty of intent.

In this piece Nico takes on and grapples with one of the great questions of art - can art be simultaneously unconditionally inclusive while also proclaiming a preferential point of view. Easily dismissed at first glance as basic, this work has subtle complexities that unfold as you explore. It is a deliberately democratic composition, with fields of equal area, shape and monochromacity to welcome anyone onto the playing field. But it is in the distinct areas of the composition where Nico is fanning his tail feathers so to speak, highlighting his rebellious lines and toldya so shapes with the color of his freedom, true yellow. It's as if the artist is saying "yes, everyone is welcome, but still on my terms"

Nico's evolution in the middle of his career inspired him to reach his art more literally into the real world through dimensional installations. As he starts to turn an observational eye on broader elements of his surroundings, tickling the details of animate and inanimate objects alike, he still manages to carry his one most emotionally imaginitive theme through into this world. The use of yellow here is the actual surface of the entire world and now the artist is inviting us to touch, see, hear and live in this yellow world with him. Whereas the artist wrapped himself in yellow in earlier stages, here he is inviting us all to bathe in the meanings of yellow that are so personal to him. This might be his most vulnerable and fearless work to date

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This still life stands out from the others in the series of Nico's earlier works. Anytime Nico represents bold colors across singular objects, the color choices have profound meaning. and even his later work "math", as in this work, his favorite color of yellow always appears bestowed on one of the objects. Yellow has a deep meaning to the artist that calms him mentally and ignites him emotionally with hope and optimism. This work is particularly notable in that the surface that all the objects lie on is a brighter, louder yellow, blanketing even the more dull yellow object in an overt sea of his signature radiant energy. Also purple sky is a nod to Uncle Jonny, who's favorite color is purple

Hands down my favorite pig ever. Also purple sky and green grass with a horizon line at the exact equator of the composition is an interesting choice, which highlights that the horizon lies deeper on the beast's torso than on the world itself. Perhaps this is a commentary that the sun is settting on the "pigs" of culture in a post-modern, post-capitalist human emergence

I find Nico's earlier works, especially the study on still lifes to be calm and relaxed in execution. Never forced, with attention to technique of form, light and shading, but still with his deeply intimate fluoirishes that would emerge more prominently in later works.

This is the light show at the zoo every winter. you drive through that tunnel of lights. Spectacular!

im trying to think of a world in which terence mallick would not have commissioned this as the movie poster for his ethereal cinematic masterpiece, days of heaven, starring richard gere. This captures the warmth of home and also the chilling solitude of life out on the prairies. And makes us question what we love and why.

oh brother - i love when mathart meets artmath. fantastic. yellow 5 standing by

the prairie whale

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your technique is different here. vulnerable, precise. you can tell you were paying severe attention here to shading and line. it is both spontaneous and quite measured as it unfolds, leaving the viewer with elegant tensions to digest

thank you for this rendering of brooklyn

yes yes the forest yes nice sun great crayonwork here

i love that you took the time to create a piece of art reflecting two drunk 20 somethings wearing the two ends of a striped horse costume.

ladybugman!

Darth Nico Two different sized lightsabers. Im very intrigued. Although I would prefer the action figure. I do love this print

yes this yellow head blue collar

this is a masterpiece. that's all i have to say about your sunflower. masterpiece

this calls to mind ancient mythologies of the indiginous philosophies of the early tectonic western hemisphere. Ra, the sungod rising over poseidon and sir edmund hilary's domains

I love the cello. might be my favorite instrument. thank you for creating this one.

for almost 50 years, pacman has been trapped in the same vertically inclined, rectangular 2-d grids. What you have done here is expanded the world of the spherical gobbleman in color and shape. Introducing the z-axis to his gameboard existence and offering abstraction meshed with reality to redefine the space and function with which he exists. I call this "metamorphosis:"

I actually saw this late 90's motorcross jacket at a vintage store in north brooklyn, or was it bushwick, last weekend. But it was swiped off the rack by a 28 year old nepo-baby millionaire influencer before I could snag it. If I ever see this jacket in the real world again, I will own it

Excellent commentary on the demise of toxic masculinity. Whereas men holding fish on hinge is regarded as a red flag this artful representation of a free reef-roaming tropical fish lingering in the shadows and reflections of a sunray through the velum of their underwater home, blissfully unaware that it is tethered, and can be held by mankind. Bravo indeed

mezmerized by this industrial wasteland that is very much alive and a home to confounding materials and observers. The metaphor represented by the bulbous whisp of vapor being exuded is deeply representative of society's larger fart in 2025. I also love the giraffes in the basement

this is the dark autumn of my soul. but my soul is only dark autumn in the dark of autumn. And this piece also reflects the bright, passionate, vitalogy of my light spring soul. I LOVE THIS PIECE

Profound use of yellow and assymetric openings to showcase the tension of various depths that might collapes upon us at any time. Would be proud to have this in my kitchen as a salt holder. Or perhaps even a match striker. Do you show at any new york galleries?

I call this Bear-Yonce.

Oh this one is wild and i love the untame chaos of it and the life forms moving through it. It's both psychadelic and deeply, soberingly connected to our reality at the same time. I am thrilled by this piece

Nico, i also feel like i am AMIDST the desert on a warm april evening. Although unlike your mother, I would never use AMIDST there in that context. But this piece is really great. I'd like to acquire it for my collection.

Nico, your creativity is so clever and wild! I love this..the mosaic patchwork and use of eyes in the walls. This is brilliant!

I have so many questions about this...is this two koi swimming around a lilypad? where is their pond out in the world? is it a mom and baby koi? I love this!!

Nico! I love this leaf, the placement on the paper and the color scheme. Well done, son!

I love this piece, Nico! It makes me feel like I am in the desert on warm day amidst unique cactii!

The use of pencil here makes the branches speak - they are taking me on a journey! Nice work.

So simple and great use of shape - love it!

Wow! I haven't seen this one yet - I love your use of yellow with black, nice contrast. And the bold shapes against the greeen backdrop! :)

Nico! I love this so much - the bold colors and contrast between the sun and water with the black lines makes this piece pop out! Well done!

Tell me more about this character - are those lightsabers they are holding? I love the shapes and colors!!

What flavor ice cream cone is this? I am going to guess lava lingonberry! Will you share it with me?

Nico, I love these woods, so colorful and dynamic. I want to walk through there with you!

Nico! I love your zebra - she looks so happy in the sunshine. I am lucky to have her on my fridge!!

Nico - I am so impressed with your use of color against the black backdrop! This is artwork that really pops out - I love it!