Nicholas Barron
Nicholas Barron is a polymath. He’s both an accomplished Chicago based Musician (singer, songwriter, guitarist) and Visual Artist. His father, William Barron, was a Sculptor and Painter. Nicholas grew up surrounded by his fathers work which has informed who he is as a visual artist. Nicholas, who has ADHD and is a Gemini, has always been a manic doodler/drawer. Art was always present but was secondary until 2008 when he went through a traumatic break up. He started to transfer his doodles onto large canvases and rustic windows. In the beginning he drew with Sharpies and markers on canvas and various surfaces, literally “drawing on everything”, adding Colorful Sennelier Oil pastels to canvas, which are like giant glorified crayons.
Since then Nicholas had been working as a prolific visual artist and musician but now makes his living completely from his paintings after the pandemic took away his livelihood in Music. He currently works in mixed media (Acrylic, House paint, Oil pastels, Charcoal, Dye, Magic markers, etc.) He has painted over 125 paintings since the beginning of quarantine in 2020, creating a record of the events in real time with his abstract doodle design style and love of words and language. He calls them Pandemic Abstract Graffitti paintings.
Nicholas is always experimenting and learning experientially. Recently, Nicholas started 2 profound collaborations with Makeba Kedem Dubose (Barrkeba) and his long time friend Peven Everett (BarronEverett Arts Collab) who is also a Polymath having hits with the award winning British band, Gorillaz. Nicholas is now in many collections and has a growing number of patrons throughout the world.
Nicholas Barron is a polymath. He’s both an accomplished Chicago based Musician (singer, songwriter, guitarist) and Visual Artist. His father, William Barron, was a Sculptor and Painter. Nicholas grew up surrounded by his fathers work which has informed who he is as a visual artist. Nicholas, who has ADHD and is a Gemini, has always been a manic doodler/drawer. Art was always present but was secondary until 2008 when he went through a traumatic break up. He started to transfer his doodles onto large canvases and rustic windows. In the beginning he drew with Sharpies and markers on canvas and various surfaces, literally “drawing on everything”, adding Colorful Sennelier Oil pastels to canvas, which are like giant glorified crayons.
Since then Nicholas had been working as a prolific visual artist and musician but now makes his living completely from his paintings after the pandemic took away his livelihood in Music. He currently works in mixed media (Acrylic, House paint, Oil pastels, Charcoal, Dye, Magic markers, etc.) He has painted over 125 paintings since the beginning of quarantine in 2020, creating a record of the events in real time with his abstract doodle design style and love of words and language. He calls them Pandemic Abstract Graffitti paintings.
Nicholas is always experimenting and learning experientially. Recently, Nicholas started 2 profound collaborations with Makeba Kedem Dubose (Barrkeba) and his long time friend Peven Everett (BarronEverett Arts Collab) who is also a Polymath having hits with the award winning British band, Gorillaz. Nicholas is now in many collections and has a growing number of patrons throughout the world.
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"Purple Mountains Majesty", mixed media on canvas, 4 x 3, $3,000
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"Spectacle", mixed media on canvas, 4 x 3, $3,000
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"SMILE", mixed media on canvas, 4 x 3, $3,000
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"Tribal Motif", mixed media on canvas, 4 x 5, $4,000
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"Robot Nature", mixed media on canvas, 4 x 5, $4,000
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"Saturday Cartoons", mixed media on canvas, 3 x 4, $3,000
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"Diary of a Pandemic", mixed media on canvas, 3 x 4, $3,000
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"Pleasant Upheaval", mixed media on canvas 36 x 48 $4,500 |
“Carny (Carnivale)”, mixed media on canvas 36 x 48 $4,500 |