Nick Bodimeade
Nick Bodimeade combines formal compositions, glorious use of colour and abstract brushwork to create paintings which are poised between the figurative and the abstract, and which range from very small works on board through to large-scale canvases.
Nick Bodimeade lives and works from his studio near the River Ouse as it flows through the South Downs, north of Lewes.
Born in London in 1957 to artist and illustrator John Bodimeade and art teacher Renee, Nick grew up in Arundel, beside the River Arun. He studied at Worthing and Wolverhampton art schools during the 1970s, where he was strongly influenced by visiting painters Vic Willing and John Walker.
For many years, Nick established himself as an abstract painter, creating dramatically coloured and shaped canvases, while also exploring site-specific sculpture. Alongside this, he continued to wrestle with the balance between representational drawing and the process-based abstraction that intrigued him.
In the early 2000s, with the emergence of digital photography, home computers, and printers, Nick shifted his practice. He began placing photographic representation at the forefront of his work, while still holding onto his passion for abstraction.
Nick’s deep engagement with landscape—both artistic and personal—dates back to his student days, when he worked on farms in Sussex and Mid Wales. Over the years, he has also been a shepherd, coarse fisherman, rock climber, farmworker, hillwalker, smallholder, and mountain biker.
He explains: “The sense of a physical engagement with the world is something I seek in my paintings and which I hope is evident in their facture. The experience of landscape often feels visceral and sensational, and I aim for the viewers’ experience of my paintings to mirror this.”
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