Nicholas M. Raynolds was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
As a child he gained his first inspiration to become a painter from his Grandfather who was visiting from Germany. It was under this influence that he acquired the fundamentals of seeing and drawing.
Raynolds began his formal studies in art at the age of 15 in Vancouver, Canada where he later received his BFA. He continued his studies in Düsseldorf, Germany and in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In pursuit of the mastery of his craft, he attended the Gage Academy of Art (formerly the Seattle Academy of Realist Art). In January of 2001 Raynolds moved to New York to study at the Water Street Atelier and at Studio 126.
Raynolds' teaching experience includes workshops and classes at The National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York City, The Gage Academy of Art in Seattle WA., The Long Island Academy of Fine Art, NY and as a guest instructor at The Art Students League in NY and Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia PA. He has taught figure drawing and painting and other classes at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
He regularly exhibits at The Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York and
The John Pence Gallery in San Francisco.
