Nicole Alger

“Lush” Charcoal and Sanguine on Strathmore 11 × 8 1/2 inches

Nicole Alger’s figurative work is influenced by animism and human ritual as set in imaginary natural environments. Through her content and obvious brushwork, the paintings suggest movement and connection with an imagined environment. The vibrant colors are a symbolic language used to depict the inner world. Even when a nude is ‘just’ a nude, Alger’s handling of a brush gives the forms added motion. Her work is influenced by the years’ of life training she received in Florence in the 90’s despite her obvious departure from strict realism. Alger places emphasis on the craft of painting as part of the work itself, to allow for the viewers’ imagination to be lit.

Nicole Alger is an atelier trained realist artist, a graduate of The Florence Academy of Art. Throughout Covid 2020, she exhibited in shows on the online platform, Artsy, with 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago and Abend Gallery in Denver. Seven of her drawings were acquired by the Langham Hotel, Boston, through the Copley Society of Art. Among others, her work is owned by the American Arbitration Association, Naropa University, Fareed Zakaria, and Ashely Judd. Her work has shown in museums and gallery shows both in the US and abroad. A solo show of her imaginative figurative work will be held in Washington, CT, July of 2022.