Eric Nichols

Drill bits

Archival Inkjet Print

12″ x 16″

2022

The contents of my grandfather’s work bench, which had mostly been left untouched since his passing in 2000 were mostly old hand tools and the typical odds and ends found in any garage or junk drawer (screws, nails, hinges, bits of wire, light bulbs, etc.). These items were hastily gathered into the crates and stored away. This photo from the series “All of My Grandfather’s Tools” is a look at the intersection of value and personal attachment that humans imbue onto everyday objects. It is a look at the transformation of the junk drawer into sacred objects.

Eric Nichols

Summer Dinner, 2020

Inspired by: Adriaen van Otade, Company in a Tavern Charles “Teenie” Harris, Cotton Candy Booth Jules Aarons, West End Meat Market

archival inkjet print

11″ x 14″

2020

During the summer of 2020 our collective worlds began to contract as we settled into a more isolated life as the COVID-19 pandemic surged across the world. The photos in this series of images are from my part of a larger body of work made in collaboration with my wife and fellow artist Brittany Severance. Brittany and I turned our cameras on each other to explore how we see ourselves and each other as we navigated our time in near isolation.