Biography

With natural talent and artistic appreciation, he studied art at Washington University in St Louis Missouri, but is primarily self-taught. He credits the wonderful Art Museums for they have become his classroom of knowledge of the style he pursues. Inspired by the great European Old Master, his greatest influence has been from the Hudson River School Painters, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church and Thomas Moran to name a few and also the Russian Masters, Aivazovsky and Eugene Garin, who have all served as his mentors. Nicolaides, with years of study and experience has become a powerful and accomplished artist. He has captured majestic landscapes and has mastered the mesmerizing translucent waves in his depiction of the sea without freezing its energetic rhythms. His strength is his capacity to push to the limits oils and multiple glazes to create the masterful works that bring the viewer right into the scene.

​Collectors are drawn to Nicolaides’ landscapes and seascapes. Stormy and tranquil, his romantic approach has created an idea setting for the viewer; his work is in collections and galleries in the United States.