Nicholas’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

China Boy
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Trois Poeme D'Amour
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) pubished by Vermillion Editions Limited

Listening to a Seashell Learning Patience, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Forgiving, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

May 1987, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Flesh Armor
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Haircut, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Bill and Tosea in Sunlight, from Bill's Surgery
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Vermillion Editions (American, 1977-)

Reading Wessex Heights August 1987 (Well, time Cures Hearts of Tenderness...), from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

I'm Cold Billy Can't Stop Shaking, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

Salvador
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Steven Anderson, Philip Barber and Todd Norsten pubished by Vermillion Editions Limited

February March April May He Talks to Himself at Night, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

He Laughed, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

February 1988/Learning to clean himself, from Bill's Surgery
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Vermillion Editions (American, 1977-)

After Bathing His Body Seemed Childlike, from Bill's Surgery
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Vermillion Editions (American, 1977-)

Billy, January 1988/Washing himself after coming home/use less tape because his skin gets hurt, from Bill's Surgery
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Vermillion Editions (American, 1977-)

February 1988/Flowers for Bill, from Bill's Surgery
Nicholas Africano (American, born 1948) printed by Vermillion Editions (American, 1977-)

Lilacs Bloom, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

May Before the Storm Still Human, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948

March 1988 He Tried to Carry Something too Large He Felt Like he was Falling, from Lilacs and Smoke
Nicholas Africano American, born 1948