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John Nicholas

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I like to travel, and I take numerous photographs, always thinking they might become part of a painting. Favorite subjects: mountains, rushing water, waves, cityscapes, panoramas, and vistas; sometimes people. My paintings are all of places I’ve travelled. Favorites are the American West, especially Colorado, and Italy. All my paintings are created with pastels and pastel pencils, sometimes painted with a pastel/alcohol mixture or acrylics. I am a professor by profession, with academic degrees in business and engineering; painting is a favorite pastime.