Richard Emery Nickolson is a Professor of Painting, Drawing and Critical Thinking at the Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. I was able to see some of his work while he was the artist in residence at St. Mary's. This event was my first time ever entering the studio work space that is associated with the artist house. I was struck by the yellow floors which somehow seemed to be completely conducive to creating art. Nickolson had been creating work during his stay at St. Mary's. He had chosen a lot of places on campus including: the crescents, the campus center, the library, etc. His work was displayed on the wall in rows, some of the pieces were finished and incorporated color, while other pieces of his were unfinished and sketchy. He had all of his paints out on the work table and the discussions he was having with other students centered around his time as a visiting professor in Paris when he said that he never had time to draw or do his own work because no matter where he went, even if he was in a cafe after class, a student would find him and want to show and discuss their own work. Most of Nickolson's work was very angular, he finds the geometry within each place and simplifies the lines in order to create a structure through alignements.
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