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“Each picture is a take on a world-famous painting, in styles ranging from pre-Raphaelite to art deco. The works of art have been re-created down to the temperamental skies of Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus, or the bold daubs of a de Lempicka portrait. But they have also been ingeniously updated: Ingres’ Grande Odalisque is now equipped with a telephone; and in the Giorgione mock-up, as Venus sleeps, her mountain bike can be seen in the background. Common to each is a beautiful female central subject in a state of tasteful undress. Patrick Nicholas, the photographer, captures the allure of his subjects without resorting to gratuitous smut. He has done the classical masters proud.” Nicholas Farrel from The Sunday Times magazine


As Above, So Below 2012

A Hermetic Vision I revisited this picture in 2023, twelve years after...

Turbo Star 2017

Apollo and Daphne A lighthearted take on the pursuit of the nymph Daphne by...

The Lady of Shalott 2017

An Arthurian Legend Elaine of Shalott belongs to the Arthurian legend. Lord...

Maayan 2023

Maayan - The Source The d'Estrée sisters, (1594) Fontainebleau...

Thaïs 2013-2023

Thaïs, Egyptian acolyte of the goddess Hathor, an opera by Massenet This...

Danaïd 2014

As if carved in stone This image was inspired by the Renoir sculpture of a...

Rusalka 2016

A water spirit who forsakes immortality for love In Dvorak's opera the water...

Chanson d’automne

French poet and Austrian painter Few poets have summed up the melancholy of...

Weeping Willow Woman 2014

The broken bough In early spring 2009 I took a...

In These Shoes 2017

 In These Shoes? Inspired by Kirsty MacColl's song and The Wanderer by...

Deluge 2016

Inspired by Winifred Knight's 1920 painting "The Deluge" Sometimes a picture...

Three Graces 2017

The Three Graces are not the same as the three beauties in The Judgement of...

This Autumn Evening 2012

How long does one look at a picture, a work of art, a piece of sculpture, a...

Oceano di Silenzio 2018

A Water Statue in Trasimene Inspired by a 1988 song by Italian musician...

Luxe, Calme et Volupté 2015

Matisse painted “Luxe, calme et volupté” during his Fauve period near...

Le Spectre de la Rose 2015

This picture had its origins in the sight of a freshly painted blue boat on...

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