Entr'acte
A collection of works in flux.
The newest collection from nic fischer:
Where One Season Hasn't Left, and the Next Hasn't Arrived.
The name
What do we call a moment in time that bridges two acts, the sound of music flowing through the air as we prepare for the next note or the next line of dialogue? English doesn’t have quite the right word for it, or at least nothing that equals the feeling Nic Fischer is portraying with his work, which is why he chose to name his newest solo exhibition Entr'acte. Every painting in this show lives in an interval, a sunrise not yet day, a hillside still half-winter. Entr'acte, romantically French for the pause between acts, is the only word that fits. Nothing is fixed. Nothing is finished. Everything is mid-passage. However, his daughters’ suggestion of Sprinkles was a close second.
"Every painting is of what I consider to be a transitory state." - Nic Fischer
The artist
Nic began his artwork as a young boy sitting at the kitchen table. His parents were both educators, and his father had a deep love of art. He taught little Nic how to draw, not only how to draw but how to see things critically and turn them into art. After high school, Nic took up seasonal jobs around some of the most glorious of landscapes: Yellowstone, Death Valley, and the Grand Canyon. Soaking in every living moment. He attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, focusing his time and dedication on painting and illustration.
As he grew his talents, a conversation with the director of the Bozeman Art Museum, Linda Williams, convinced him to take his easel and paints to the outdoors a bit more often, launching what is now a decade-long love and some would say obsession with plein air painting. He lives and works in the Greater Yellowstone region, a place with endless vistas and painting possibilities, so much so, he calls it his "home and artistic reservoir."
"There's an inherent mystery outside. In the forest, there is no way of knowing what sits just out of sight." - Nic Fischer
Nic paints in oil exclusively, which is not uncommon for artists to have a singular medium. His reasoning is simply that he doesn’t make decisions quickly. He rarely sticks to a plan from start to finish, and oil is the only medium that has the elasticity for his continuous spontaneity and opacity to be absolute. If asked, Nic would call himself a Narrative Landscape Painter whose style is rooted in impressionism and abstract expressionism. In other words, he is a man who looks at a mountain and sees something bigger than a mountain.
"I paint to the best of my ability what visually and conceptually excites me, and that remains a moving target." - Nic Fischer
Nic is, above all, a devoted, funny, and loving father to his two daughters. As he worked on finalizing his works for Entr'acte, they both debuted in two plays, which required rehearsals, costumes, and grand openings. Nic’s fatherly duties took priority when one of the girls was bedridden with a tummy flu, and Nic worked into the wee hours to ensure the girls were comfortable and his paintings were properly framed. It turns out the devotion that keeps him up all night with a sick kid is the same devotion that keeps him up with an unfinished painting.
The Standout Pieces
Alone with Lower Falls
In the four summers spent working in Yellowstone, Nic got to witness a season in the life of the biggest waterfall in the park. It’s a staple of Yellowstone, but that means it is crowded in the summer. That never stops Nic; he goes up pre-dawn to have the place all to himself. Just him and the roar of a river falling over 300 feet. In this piece, you feel that private, almost sacred experience of such a famous place without its constant crowd.
Entwined
A piece from Paradise Valley, this one was done mainly right on site. Nic found a lone stand of trees encircled by the Yellowstone River. The branches entangle and entwine in similarity to the river’s serpentine path through the land itself. While standing there painting it, he found himself wondering what the red-tailed hawk continuously flying overhead made of him. He noted, “Surely, I’m the strangest fisher it has ever seen.” It’s these kinds of moments, between the artist and the place, that define everything in Entr'acte.
THE opening
The opening reception for Entr'acte will be held on FRIDAY, APRIL 17, FROM 5-7 PM. Nic Fischer will be in attendance and looks forward to talking about anything having to do with his new artwork or his amazing family. Please join us for the opening reception and view the exhibition in person and online from April 17 to May 15, 2026.