on textures using unconventional materials such as glue, pastes
for day to day activities and social behaviours which spills over
and masking fluid. When I asked about how he creates his
to his fondness of watching biographies and real life dramas, his
pieces he explains his approach involves layers upon layers
market scenes are highly colourful and captures the richness of
which means he is usually working on multiple pieces at once,
Creole culture. The future of his work not only as an artist but
building on their different layers simultaneously, which can
also an advocate for the arts, will no doubt keep the energetic
take days or weeks at a time and no one piece is started and
Nigel busy, as well as his personal hobbies of which when asked
finished at the same time. His curious taste for experimentation
what they were, his answer was a firm ‘cooking!’.
and use of quirky tools, means you’re more likely find Nigel in a hardware shop buying different types of pastes, brushes,
You can view and purchase Nigel’s work at the Eden Art Gallery
scrapers and rollers to experiment with.
as well as Labriz Art Gallery on Silhouette, Four Seasons Resort Seychelles or visit the artist at his art shop, The Palette, at the
Despite his accolades Nigel is a humble man at heart always
Carrefour des Arts.
helping and supporting his fellow artists through their journey. He spends time on his personal growth as an artist exploring
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his interests in social and philosophical matters. He describes
or e-mail nigelhenri@yahoo.com
with great enthusiasm, his new project which will be focused on creating pieces to question why things are called what they are, why are certain things in existence and where did they come from? A thought provoking project and a different mood from his trademark fishes, but Henri is a diverse artist and frequently ventures outside of his underwater home. As his series of paintings of the market show, the artist has an interest