My current work fuses realism and abstraction. I try to capture a striving for balance, self-knowledge and healing using the language of the chakra system. Simply stated, our bodies are divided into seven energetic wheels, or chakras, all of which contain the thoughts that shape our experiences. Each chakra is also illustrated by a color.
The vibrant colors of this system form a symbolic language that can be used to depict the inner world. That is a departure from the classical, realistic tradition that uses color and value in the service of light and shadow to create form. Rather than mapping out the composition beforehand, I use color – and not light – as my primary vehicle. I begin with one simple idea and then allow each day’s work to guide the next move intuitively.
I draw inspiration from messages found in Buddhism, Greek mythology and the world around me.
Nicole Alger
Utilizing the language and spiritual color theory of the Chakra system, Nicole Alger’s flexible and imaginative works present the artist’s creative experience of color in relationship to the body and the world. Her radiant figures, done in oil with the occasional addition of gold leaf, suggest notions of healing and energetic mind/body balance. Realism in soft focus meets volatile abstraction as Alger brings the human figure to her canvas in a gentle yet recognizable fashion. She is inspired by great masters Klimt and Caravaggio, as well as by the ideas of the ancient Greeks and magical realism in literature and cinema. A departure from the classical, realistic tradition that uses color and value in the service of light and shadow to create form, Alger uses color as her primary vehicle for expressing the concepts brought to life in her work.
Nicole Alger was born in New York City and studied art at the Florence Academy of Art. Her work has been published in Architectural Digest and American Artist magazine and exhibited in the United States.
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