Karl Nicholason: He Was an Artist
- Paperback
- Colorado: Michael Hurshman and Chris Travis, 2025
Colorado: Michael Hurshman and Chris Travis, 2025. First edition. Paperback. New. SIGNED. 200pp. Quarto [27.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Signed by author Michael Hurshman on the title page.
A chronicle of the "discovery of a significant body of work by a once sought-after California illustrator who--through a series of professional and personal challenges--descended into crisis and obscurity as an Outsider Artist in the truest sense. This biographical narrative begins with the author viewing a 2022 death notice for the artist in a Grand Junction, Colorado newspaper. The simple death notice coupled with the subsequent handling of several thousand works of art found in Nicholason's cramped studio/living space rekindled memories of the author's friendship with the brilliant but reclusive Nicholason during the previous three decades.
A detailed analysis of Nicholason's early career as a self-taught and highly successful commercial illustrator, through his declining career and subsequent internal struggles exacerbated by extreme poverty and eventual homelessness, are presented through the author's first-hand recollections and the tremendous output of deeply personal and psychological art left by the artist."
With full color reproductions of Nicholason's work on nearly every page.
A chronicle of the "discovery of a significant body of work by a once sought-after California illustrator who--through a series of professional and personal challenges--descended into crisis and obscurity as an Outsider Artist in the truest sense. This biographical narrative begins with the author viewing a 2022 death notice for the artist in a Grand Junction, Colorado newspaper. The simple death notice coupled with the subsequent handling of several thousand works of art found in Nicholason's cramped studio/living space rekindled memories of the author's friendship with the brilliant but reclusive Nicholason during the previous three decades.
A detailed analysis of Nicholason's early career as a self-taught and highly successful commercial illustrator, through his declining career and subsequent internal struggles exacerbated by extreme poverty and eventual homelessness, are presented through the author's first-hand recollections and the tremendous output of deeply personal and psychological art left by the artist."
With full color reproductions of Nicholason's work on nearly every page.