Japan’s Beauty Captured by Erin Nicholls
The Australian artist vividly replicates the most insignificant everyday scenes and details that suddenly seem to come to life.
© Erin Nicholls
From quiet snow-covered villages to lively Tokyo streets, Australian artist Erin Nicholls translates her undeniable fascination for Japan into painting, with a talent for revealing the singularity that lies at the heart of the most seemingly insignificant everyday situations.
A perpetual tourist amazed and astonished by each new discovery, Erin Nicholls produces flamboyant paintings that capture the excitement and sweetness that characterises Japan, the passage of time and the changing of the seasons.
The artist is inspired by and transcribes detailed landscapes featuring anything and everything that catches her eye, transporting the senses.
Erin Nicholls’ work can be found on her website.
© Erin Nicholls
© Erin Nicholls
© Erin Nicholls
© Erin Nicholls
© Erin Nicholls
TRENDING
-
The Tattoos that Marked the Criminals of the Edo Period
Traditional tattoos were strong signifiers; murderers had head tattoos, while theft might result in an arm tattoo.
-
Shizuka Yokomizo, between Exhibitionism and Surveillance
'Dear Stranger' is the story of a troubling relationship between the photographer and the subject, who meet without seeing each other.
-
From Neo-Pop to Conceptual Art, The Growing Popularity of Japanese Contemporary Artists in France
Driven by a ‘contemporary Japonisme,’ the works of Takeru Amano, EXCALIBUR, and Daijiro Hama have found their audience.
-
God is in the Wired in ‘Serial Experiments Lain’
This experimental cyberpunk animation from the late 1990s depicts our warped reality in the age of mass communications.
-
The Forest that Inspired 'Princess Mononoke' in Yakushima
This mountainous island is teeming with natural wonders, from beaches with star-shaped sand to a virgin forest that inspired Hayao Miyazaki.
