Nick Erker Lakewood Artist Exhibit Welcome to another talented Lakewood artist, Nick Erker, who will display his art during the months of September and October in the Argyle Gallery. Nick grew up in a small Kansas town listening to his elders tell stories at large family gatherings. His uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc., were the inspiration for Nick’s narrative art. Early in his creative life, Nick was influenced by American realist artists, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, and European artists such as Eugene Delacroix and Sir Anthony van Dyke. He was inspired by their ability to compose works that transpose the viewer into the story and has developed that vision into his own art with watercolor on wood panels.
"Myopic images of Americana and the intimacy of rural America are at the heart of Erker's artistic narrations." (www.nicholaserker.com) Nick graduated from University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education and received a Master of Arts in Art History from University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has devoted his career to
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educating others in art and design and currently teaches art at Fort Osage High School. Nick and his wife J’Nan have lived in three different homes in Lakewood over the past 10 years. They enjoy the lake and living close to J’Nan’s family. Nick gives loving credit to his wife and family for encouraging him to share his art in solo exhibits and group art shows. Nick’s art depicts the stories of his childhood through vivid images of family members’ expressions and mannerisms as he remembers them. His subjects are larger than life. Please come up to the Argyle, enjoy a drink or dinner with your neighbors, and take the time to enjoy the stories that Nick Erker wants you to remember with him through his works of art.
