I consider the canvas to be a part of the artwork, so I often stitch it together, cut or rip it… or by inserting objects through the surface I create an additional dimension to the artwork.
Nick Dittrich
‘Disintegration of Worth’
Nick Dittrich
(51 x 76.5cm) box canvas
Collage – shredded purchase receipts
£2,000
“A commentary on consumerism and technology in the shape of the artist’s thumbprint, recreated with shredded purchase receipts.
The receipt itself is created using thermal printing and should last about 7 years, so will the artwork itself slowly fade away after this time, therefore reflecting the impermanence of not only my purchases but also of their worth?”
‘In a bosky manor’
Nick Dittrich
(1.5m x 1m) box canvas
Mixed media with plaster of Paris and pva
£800
Abstract mixed media landscape on raw canvas, sanded down to a matt finish, with textured trees using plaster of Paris and pva.
‘Resurrection Engine’
Nick Dittrich
(76 x 51cm) box canvas
Raw canvas, gesso, acrylic, wire and bottle tops, box canvas
£400
“Mixed media artwork – raw canvas and gesso, acrylic paint, manipulated recycled bottle tops. Inspired in part by the re-use of ‘object trouvé’ to represent the murmuration of birds.”
‘Searching for the Horizon…’
Nick Dittrich
(76 x 51cm) box canvas
Mixed media
£300
“Abstract landscape using acrylic and charcoal to evoke a calm zen atmosphere.”
‘Hard Fresh Air’
Nick Dittrich
(84 x 75cm) multi-canvas
Mixed media, handmade frames
£300
“Based on blackberry brambles, but abstracted to form a polyptych (nine artworks viewed as one image, all individually framed, but held together with acetate plates) created with a mix of media – charcoal, pastel, chalk and graphite.”
‘Another Day, Another Adventure in the Garden of Desire’
Nick Dittrich
(92 x 61cm) box canvas
Mixed media and bottle tops
£350
“An artwork which allows for an infinite amount of options as the ‘venus flytrap’ bottle top elements can be moved anywhere on the black magnetic surface, which overlays an interpretation of family dynamics, that are juxtaposed over the life model below.”
‘Murmur In A Sleepless Moment’ (1.5m x 1m) multi box canvas
Nick Dittrich
Mixed Media
£450
“Abstract forms and writing across seven separate box canvases, which can be arranged in any format to suit the display space.”
‘Entropy Rebound’
Nick Dittrich
(76 x 51cm) box canvas
Pastel
£250
“Abstract created using graduated pastel lines to create a network of interconnecting colours.”
‘Tread Lightly in the Darkness of Night’
Nick Dittrich
(92 x 61cm) box canvas
Mixed Media
£250
”Abstract exploration of colour and graphic shapes.“
‘Naked Landscape’
Nick Dittrich
(100 x 60cm) multi-canvas
Acrylic, charcoal, chalk and pastel
£250
“An interpretation of a life drawing recreated as an abstract landscape, created on 15 small canvas frames, held together with magnets.”
‘Recycled Nude’
(59 x 43cm) on recycled pallet wood
Charcoal, conte chalk
£120“Created out of recycled palette wood, incised with a scalpel and modelled using charcoal and conte chalk.”
Nick Dittrich
‘Whirligig’
Nick Dittrich
(82 x 63cm) framed using recycled pallet wood
Mixed Media
£180
“Abstract exploration of colour and form.”
‘Black Briar Patch’
Nick Dittrich
(50 x 40cm) box canvas
Acrylic, graphite and gold leaf
£120
“A graphic interpretation of blackberry brambles using graphite and gold leaf on an iridescent acrylic background.”
‘Blackened Briar Patch’
Nick Dittrich
(50 x 40cm) box canvas
Acrylic, graphite and gold leaf
£120
“A graphic interpretation of blackberry brambles using graphite and gold leaf on an iridescent acrylic background.”