After years in England, Italy, and Switzerland, painter Nikki De Marco now calls Norway’s rugged west coast home. Her process begins out in the elements, on foot or by bike, photographing local fjords and forests. Back in the studio, she projects the images onto canvases scarred and built up over months of collage, sanding, scraping, and instinctive paint.
Nikki treats the unconscious as a studio collaborator. Instead of illustrating a neat idea, she surrenders to the chaos and listens, uncovering strange creatures in the layers that feel found rather than designed. As she puts it, she’s less of a maker and more of a host.
Drawing on Jungian psychology and degrees from Wolverhampton and Oxford Brookes (MA Distinction), she creates work that doesn't just picture the wild; it channels its untamed magic.

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