Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander (b. 1989, Hopedale, MA) lives in Manchester, NH and comes from a family of artists. Nick mainly focuses on digital or pen and ink drawings colored with alcohol marker to draw expressive, cartoonish, goofy, detailed, and colorful artwork. He likes to dabble in everything and has worked in sculpture, collage, community projects, gallery shows, beer can label designs, and graphics. He always wants someone to spot a new fun detail every time they look at his drawings and enjoy his art as much as he enjoys creating it.

“I had a lot of influences within and outside of the family. My mother and older sister are artists and have hyper-detailed work. My Uncle Chris is also artistic and I would be enamored with whatever he drew, or the video games he helped design while I was growing up. Outside of the family, I am influenced by Jim Lee’s insanely detailed comic book art, Robert Crumb’s satirical and full pages, and Matt Groening’s cartoonish style. I switch between digital (mainly for beer labels) and hand drawn using Micron pens and Tombow ABT Pro alcohol markers. I add texture occasionally with colored pencils and do touch-up work or detailing using Posca paint pens. I like to fill the page and use many colors to organize the chaos that are my ideas. I want someone to always notice something new every time they view my work.”

Nicholas’ work was featured in ‘Group Effort,’ on view August 10-September 1, 2024.

“Betty’s Diner was originally drawn February 2021 and was reworked as part of a series where I go over older work to give it new life, in May 2024.”

Nicholas’ work was featured in ‘Critical Mass,’ on view August 12-27, 2023.

“Prednisone kept me from sleeping a lot when I had poison ivy and I reached a point where sleep paralysis began.”

Nicholas’ work was featured in ‘Glad You Asked,’ on view March 11-26, 2023.

“This is a redesign of my little demons.”