Jerico Contemporary is delighted to present 'Edible' our second solo exhibition with New Zealand artist Nick Herd. The show continues until Saturday 2nd of September 2023. In his latest series Herd’s arrangements are small, intimate and distinctly more abstract than we have seen by the artist previously. Each of the ten oil on canvas works in the exhibition have been painted from nasturtiums; a sprawling classic cottage garden plant with trumpet-shaped flowers that is both vibrant and edible. With radically layered textures and bold defining strokes the flowers and stems appear as if they are rapidly moving across the canvas.

For 'Edible' the artist has expanded his practice to include a series of works on paper. The artistic process for Herd, originates with freshly picked flowers or market bunches which he paints over a series of days; meaning that each time he sits to paint the arrangement has bloomed, decayed or moved. Where the oil paintings were painted from nasturtiums, the works on paper were inspired by poppies. The titles of the works on paper come from the time of day the artist captured the flowers in his studio.