About Nick
Nick Peterson-Davis is an oil painter based in Boston’s SoWa Arts District. Working in a post-impressionist spirit, he creates paintings shaped by color, light, and the abundant beauty of gardens and other familiar subjects.
Artist Statement
My paintings in oil on canvas explore gardens and other everyday subjects as places of color, energy, and emotional resonance. I am drawn to the exuberance of blooming forms, shifting light, and the drama of nature at its fullest.
Through vivid color and atmospheric paint handling, I aim to create work that feels alive, generous, and immediate. My paintings celebrate vitality, beauty, and the pleasure of attentive looking.
Nick Peterson Davis is featured in multiple galleries across New England.
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HEART CENTERED
A look into the artistic process of Nick Peterson Davis
Photo Essay: When The Door Opens
October 22, 2021 | Eliana Flores-Barber
“At the age of ten, Nick Peterson-Davis began immersing himself into the art work. Living in Maumee, Ohio, where there wasn’t a large art scene, his parents set up private art lessons for him. With these classes he learned the basics of still life, shading, and perspective drawing. As he grew more fascinated by the arts, he decided that in high school he would enroll in their art classes - which mostly focused on tie-dye and wood prints. It wasn’t until college that Peterson-Davis decided to focus on a career he believed he could make a better living from. He graduated college with a business degree and began working in the restaurant industry - which then led him to Boston. After some time in Boston, he met a nursing student who mentioned how great his school's program is. As someone who is very open to new opportunities, Peterson-Davis took this conversation as a sign to attend nursing school. At the age of 30, he began his new career as a registered nurse… Throughout all these changes, the one constant in Peterson-Davis’s life was his love for art.”