Nicholas Battis (b. 1964, United States) makes paintings that are built up and selectively taken apart — layers of diluted acrylic applied with air, water, and gravity, then partially removed to expose the history underneath. The work holds nature and data in the same visual field: drips frozen mid-fall, wireframe geometries, transparent pigment that lets you see every prior decision the painting made. He lives and works in Connecticut. Battis received his MFA from Pratt Institute in 1989 and has exhibited his paintings in solo shows at George Billis Gallery in New York and Los Angeles, Judy Saslow Gallery in Chicago, and Court Tree Collective in Brooklyn. His practice extends to curating and consulting within the New York art community.