Nyle Major is an award winning visual artist who specialises in classical realism, through the medium of oil painting. Nature has been the inspiration to drive and develop his practice, which focuses on classical figure painting, still life and wildlife – featuring New Zealand’s native birds as the primary subject matter.
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The lust for power, the grasp at power and the cost of power.
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An in-progress series of works examining links between the beautiful and sinister, how they coexist and why one can’t see their true appeal or feel their true power without the other as counterpart.
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Originally an experiment of wanting to make a still life with taxidermized birds and creatures, this evolved into a series where the main subject of the painting were native New Zealand birds. These native birds are a very popular in all circles as they represent a piece of New Zealand culture and are recognisable to almost everyone.
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Based on classical Flemish still life painting from the 17th century, and painted using 19th century techniques, this still life series seeks to strip back and simplify the subject of the painting in order to maximise the effect one or two objects can have on their own using reflective surfaces and a strong chiaroscuro effect.
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