Nicholas Pearce has been painting women for over three decades – faces, nudes, and the dynamic sensuality of flamenco. He attended the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, then gravitated to the media, working in the art department for CBC-TV. He then became illustrations editor for the Calgary Herald, where he specialized in portraiture, and in capturing likenesses during courtroom trials.
He later moved to Canada’s West Coast to live on a sailboat and make the transition from illustration to fine art. After experimentng with photorealism in watercolour, he chose to work in acrylics on canvas, developing a more relaxed representational style inspired by the Impressionists. Today he uses a limited palette of four colours plus white, and a single, large brush for everything from fine details to tonal washes.