Nic Plowman explores the power of flowers as emotional symbols, with complex yet playful works incorporating a range of media from photographic elements through charcoal and crayons to strongly textured paint. As he explains to Richard Morecroft, an avalanche of personal challenges and achievements prompted these works with a singularity of focus – one flower at a time. https://jamesmakingallery.com/events/nic-plowman-2/

Interview with Australian Figurative Artist Nic Plowman

In viewing himself firstly as a drawer rather than a painter, and being known more for delicate watercolours than lusty oils and acrylics, Nic Plowman’s Popes, Kings and Other Fools exhibition at Anthea Polson Art marks a turn in his career. Where Plowman’s two previous shows were self-referential in reflecting his serious health issues and near-death experience, his new work examines the unparalleled status of religious figures in Christian art. Plowman explains the impetus for this exhibition as being: ‘I have always been fascinated by the strong narratives and the use of symbols in the great religious works, but how do you make a religious work when one’s inherited beliefs no longer measure up?’ [1] Philosopher, Alain de Botton observes ‘one of the most difficult aspects of renouncing religion is relinquishing ecclesiastical art and all its beauty and emotion therein.‘ [2] In a crisis of faithlessness akin to the plight described by de Botton, Plowman tackles the papal portraits of the Renaissance and other religious icons with a conflicting blend of respect and mockery. Respect for tradition is suggested in the detailed copying of parts of the original work, and mockery arises from the artist’s changes that alter the entire tone of the original painting. © 30 March 2014, Jane Denison.

Nic Plowman solo exhibition

Nic Plowman is one favorite brisbane contemporary artist, so i decided to do a shoot of him and a good friend Who is a Doctor. The Doctor is a massive fan of Nics art. Nick has has 2 open heart surgeries So we all have this relationship that is bound by art. it will be up for viewing at www.joshualevigalleries.com.au on the 8th of october. photography