Having opened his new gallery early last year, Nicholas Thompson has been keeping an eye out for emerging talent. He first came across the dreamy, atmospheric paintings of Nicholas Ives at Melbourne ARI Rubicon. “I find Nick’s use of soft colour atmospheric and really engaging,” says Thompson. “The way his objects float against the more free flowing abstraction of his background landscapes creates an interesting tension. It’s the presentation of these arrangements and senarios.. that I find really captivating”.
