Nic Acaster Artist

Current
Exhibitions and Awards

Exhibiting, Cormorant sculptures at the Lee Miller Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Chiddingly. 2020-2023
www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk

June 2024, South East Open Studio. Aviary Gallery open Thursday to Sunday, 10-4pm.

Artwave Rural Art Trail, Sept 7th - 22nd.Aviary Open 10-4pm

Royal Society of Marine Artist exhibition, Mall Galleries London, 21st Sept-30th Sept 2023.

Arts Council England, D.Y.C.P Grant. 2022-2023

Short Film

Short Film
 

About

Nic Acaster Artist

Through my practice I have developed a curiosity for repurposing large wooden structures and reusing natural materials.
Currently working with reclaimed old timbers taken from the Farleys Barn reinnervation in 2023, (Image opposite). The wood has a beautiful character that lends itself perfectly to the creation of, little Wrens, Crows and Robins.
Resent projects include, artwork made with the timbers and metal from a 30ft Hastings and Rye clinker-built fishing boat called, ''Rosie Haze,'' RX320, (image opposite, as a working vessel on Hastings beach) which I bought and decommissioned in 2016. This art project has taken on many forms to include, a site specific 40ft sculpture of a Blue Whale, cormorants and casting artwork from the bronze propeller shaft.






Buy Art

Three Nuthatches

£165

Oil on board, 20cmx20cm unframed. 22cmx22cm framed, (matt white floating frame).

Robin And Blackbird

£220

Reclaimed ‘RX320’ Fishing boat timber, elm, oak, and copper nails, showing signs of original paintwork and black tar from the boats underbelly. Robin £ 95 Blackbird £125

Farleys Barn Full Wrens

£125

Oil on board, 10cmx10cm unframed. 12cmx12cm framed, (matt white floating frame).

Chatting Blue Tits

£165

Oil on box board, 13cm x 13cm x 2cm.

Elm Oystercatcher

£295

Made from 'RX320's Elm planking, copper nails and roves. Set on a slice of Oak.

Camber Sands Oystercatcher

£295

Made from 'RX320's tar soaked Elm planking, still held together with the original copper nails and roves. Set on a slice of oak.

Robin (sold) and Curlew

£395

'Striding Curlew' Oak taken from 'RX320' fishing boat. Set on an Oak runner.

Redshank looking

£395

Elm planking taken from fishing boat 'RX320' still held together with the original copper roves and nails.

GALLERY

  • The Folding Whale

    A site-specific art project to re-use a whole fishing boat to create an artists impression of a Blue Whale.

  • Cheeky Blackbird

    Made with reclaimed timbers taken from 'RX320' a clinker built Hastings fishing boat. Still showing the black tar from the belly of the boat.

  • Cormorant 360

    'RX320' Elm planking soaked in tar. Exhibiting at Farleys House and Sculpture garden, Muddles Green, BN86HW.

  • Lookout Gull

    Made from the elm planking, copper nails taken from, 'RX320' fishing boat. Set on a telegraph pole. Painted with oils.

  • Blue Ladies

    Made from 'RX320's elm planking, set on oak runners. Painted with oils and finished with epoxy resin.

  • Catch Of The Day

    Made with reclaimed timbers taken from 'RX320' a clinker built Hastings fishing boat. Original paint and oil paint, epoxy resin finish.

Mould making  and Casting

Contact

  • Aviary Gallery, Studio 5, Farleys Farm Yard, Muddles Green, Chiddingly, Lewes BN8 6HW, UK