{"title":"Nick Maric","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/nick-maric\/nick-maric-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Maric is a Serbian born photographer and digital artist based in Chicago. His work explores light, color, atmosphere, and the quiet geometry of the natural world.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eHis practice begins with careful observation. Maric turns his lens toward intimate details of nature: water lilies on still water, wildflowers, forest paths, and the shifting light of woodlands and valleys. He transforms these original photographs through a meticulous multistep digital process of layering, blending, and refining color, texture, and light. The resulting works bridge photography and painterly expression, evoking the depth and tactile presence of traditional painting while preserving the essential character of their photographic source.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAlongside his nature based work, Maric explores urban architecture, particularly Chicago’s distinctive geometry, vertical rhythms, and interplay of steel and light. Across both bodies of work, he is drawn to balance, restrained composition, textural depth, and the moment when observation becomes reinterpretation.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMaric’s work is available through Singulart and Saatchi Art as signed, numbered archival limited editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy work begins with looking. I photograph what is quiet and easily overlooked a water lily resting on dark water, light moving through a grove of pines, the soft geometry of a valley, or the rhythm of an urban facade at dusk. I am interested in the moment when a scene stops being a simple record and becomes a feeling: a sense of balance, stillness, or tension held just beneath the surface.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eFrom these photographs, I build layered digital works, gradually refining color, texture, and light until the image carries the depth and tactile presence of a painting while retaining the essence of what I originally observed. I never want to lose the photograph; I want to reveal what was already inside it.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eNature is the center of my practice. The city is its counterpoint an order shaped by human hands rather than by weather and time. Between the two, I look for the same things: restraint, light, quiet geometry, and a composition that lets the viewer breathe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-valley-under-open-skies","title":"A Valley Under Open Skies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally refined through layers of color, texture, and light. The process brings out the valley’s rolling hills, forested slopes, and expansive sky while preserving the atmosphere of the scene as I first observed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602749980775,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794511777_89980.png?v=1794581845"},{"product_id":"light-between-the-pines","title":"Light Between the Pines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally refined through layers of color, texture, and light. The deep shadows and warm golden tones reveal the quiet interplay of light among the pine trees, preserving the atmosphere of the scene as I first observed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602752241767,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794512427_94866.png?v=1794581905"},{"product_id":"path-through-the-quiet","title":"Path Through the Quiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally refined through layers of color, texture, and light. The path draws the viewer into the stillness of the forest, while warm highlights and deep shadows reveal its quiet depth and atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602752929895,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794515432_94703.png?v=1794581948"},{"product_id":"the-forest-holds-the-light","title":"The Forest Holds the Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally enhanced to bring out the warm light filtering through the forest and the rich textures of the trees. The image preserves the atmosphere of the original scene while emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602753388647,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794515873_93096.png?v=1794582006"},{"product_id":"where-the-stream-turns","title":"Where the Stream Turns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally refined through layers of color, texture, and light. The path draws the viewer into the stillness of the forest, while warm highlights and deep shadows reveal its quiet depth and atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602755453031,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794516011_56221.png?v=1794582048"},{"product_id":"valley-in-blue-and-gold","title":"Valley in Blue and Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigitally enhanced photograph on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on my original photograph, this work has been digitally refined through layers of color, texture, and light. The deep shadows and warm golden tones reveal the quiet interplay of light among the pine trees, preserving the atmosphere of the scene as I first observed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Maric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602757156967,"sku":null,"price":1240.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794516149_45957.png?v=1794582088"}],"url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/collections\/nick-maric.oembed","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}