Artist Statement: I've conceptualized a giant, colorful octopus crawling across the top of the piano with the tentacles exploring and intertwining around the sides and legs of the piano...
Nick Stavrides was born in Washington Heights in the late 60's and resides in New York City/Hell's Kitchen today. As a child, he would spend hours in the waters of Montauk, snorkeling and drifting among the fish. It was a place where he felt safe and is the inspiration for his fish series that's consumed him for the last 10 years. A self-trained painter, Stavrides embraces the art of different tribes and cultures which gives his work a primitive quality. He also draws inspiration by observing New Yorkers in their daily rhythms on the streets and makes comparisons between them and the schools of fish.
