Nick Morris

In the beginning, was a graphic designer. As a graphic designer I felt that everything I created had to be clean and perfect. As an artist I embrace living on the edge of chaos, bringing it together through balance and colour. This I achieve through creating, stuffing around in an art studio, and making things up as I go.

I love screen-printing with its instant gratification and unexpected results. You have no idea what it will look like until you lift up the screen. I work with acrylics, collage and screen prints, using images from post-war popular culture, Australiana and my own photographs. Acrylic because it’s so quick to work with and if what you have done doesn't work you can go straight back over the top of it building texture as you go.

Because of this, deep layering is probably the most dominant pattern that emerges in my work. I love the idea that there is so much more to be discovered in a piece than what the eye initially sees. I am satisfied with a piece when the layering of the subject matter, the balance and the colour work collaboratively bringing the piece together—as a composer brings random notes together to produce a melody or harmony.