Nicki Mayne is a British figurative painter based in Brighton. Nicki studied fine art painting at Kingston University and has exhibited widely in Sussex, Bristol and London. She has also taught painting and drawing courses to adult learners and college students.
Nicki had a break from serious painting to bring up her children, although continued to pursue her passion for drawing and painting mainly through sketchbooks and attending life drawing groups. Over the last couple of years Nicki has had more time to focus on her art and has been working on a series of paintings of the human figure, landscape and still life.
Nicki Mayne is a British figurative painter based in Brighton. Nicki studied fine art painting at Kingston University and has exhibited widely in Sussex, Bristol and London. She has also taught painting and drawing courses to adult learners and college students.
Nicki had a break from serious painting to bring up her children, although continued to pursue her passion for drawing and painting mainly through sketchbooks and attending life drawing groups. Over the last couple of years Nicki has had more time to focus on her art and has been working on a series of paintings of the human figure, landscape and still life.
I paint mainly from life, each painting being a direct response to what I see and how I'm feeling at the time. I am drawn to the more expressive side of painting, whilst trying to be truthful to what I see before me. My work often has a personal connection to my life and my subjects are often the people and places that are important to me.
I love the process of painting, the texture and colours of oil paint and the technical challenge of painting with it. I find there is a lifetime of discovery just by looking at the world around me and painting my version of it. I want the work I produce to have a truthfulness about it, to be beautiful and for it to resonate with other people".
I love the process of painting, the texture and colours of oil paint and the technical challenge of painting with it. I find there is a lifetime of discovery just by looking at the world around me and painting my version of it. I want the work I produce to have a truthfulness about it, to be beautiful and for it to resonate with other people".
Painting in Tuscany
Education:
Kingston University, Fine Art Painting 1990
Cyprus School of Art Summer School 1990
Reigate College of Art BTEC 1987
Exhibitions:
Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2021
Artwave - online exhibition - Paddock Art Studios, 2020
Artwave, Paddock Art Studios, Lewes 2019
Raspberry Surprize, Fiveways Open House, Brighton 2019
Open 16, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Worthing 2016
Stride Open Art Competition 2016, Oxmarket Centre of Art, Chichester
Hop Gallery, Lewes, Open Exhibition 2016
Paddock Road Studios, Lewes, Artwave 2016
Coopers Gallery, Bristol, Women from Planet Art exhibition 1994
Watermans Gallery, London, Territory group show 1990
Kingston University, London, Degree Show 1990
Teaching:
Art Community Education Tutor, Bristol 1993-1995
Visiting Tutor, University of the West of England, Bristol (Foundation Course) 1993-1994
Kingston University, Fine Art Painting 1990
Cyprus School of Art Summer School 1990
Reigate College of Art BTEC 1987
Exhibitions:
Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2021
Artwave - online exhibition - Paddock Art Studios, 2020
Artwave, Paddock Art Studios, Lewes 2019
Raspberry Surprize, Fiveways Open House, Brighton 2019
Open 16, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Worthing 2016
Stride Open Art Competition 2016, Oxmarket Centre of Art, Chichester
Hop Gallery, Lewes, Open Exhibition 2016
Paddock Road Studios, Lewes, Artwave 2016
Coopers Gallery, Bristol, Women from Planet Art exhibition 1994
Watermans Gallery, London, Territory group show 1990
Kingston University, London, Degree Show 1990
Teaching:
Art Community Education Tutor, Bristol 1993-1995
Visiting Tutor, University of the West of England, Bristol (Foundation Course) 1993-1994
All images copyright Nicki Mayne