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“We Know we need to listen to each other, but we also need to learn to see each other. This is at the heart of Nicola Green’s remarkable and visionary practice.”

— Edmond de Waal OBE - Artist, Author, The Hare with Amber Eyes

Encounter, Lapis Lazuli 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Lapis Lazuli** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Naranga 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Naranga** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Indigo 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Indigo** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Malachite 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied copper and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Malachite** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied copper and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Vermilion 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Vermilion** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Cobalt 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Cobalt** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Turquoise 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Turquoise** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Coral 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Coral** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Saffron 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Saffron** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Tekhelet 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied copper leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Tekhelet** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied copper leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Carmine 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Carmine** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Heliotrope 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Heliotrope** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Rashi 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Rashi** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Crimson 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24K gold and silver leaf diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Crimson** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24K gold and silver leaf diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Bianco 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Bianco** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Magenta 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Magenta** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Veridian 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Veridian** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Chromium 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf and diamond dust, on 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Chromium** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf and diamond dust, on 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Amber 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Amber** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Zaffre 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Zaffre** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Ivory 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied copper and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Ivory** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied copper and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Alizarin 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Alizarin** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Manganese 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Manganese** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Cyan 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Cyan** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and copper leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Cadmium 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Cadmium** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Amaranth 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Amaranth** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Cerulean 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Cerulean** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Violet 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Violet** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold and silver leaf, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Alabaster 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Alabaster** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24k gold, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Ruby 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Ruby** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied silver leaf and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Encounter, Azure 2018 © Nicola GreenPainting, on giclée with hand applied 24K gold and diamond dust, 308gsm HahnemuhleH52 x W40 cm£5,900 including frame and VATH64 x W47 cm£8,500 including frame and VAT — **Encounter, Azure** 2018 © Nicola Green
Painting, on giclée with hand applied 24K gold and diamond dust, 308gsm Hahnemuhle
**H52 x W40 cm**
£5,900 including frame and VAT
**H64 x W47 cm**
£8,500 including frame and VAT

Each portrait has a bespoke patterned background, particular to the faith of the sitter and the encounter Green witnessed. The utmost care has been taken to consider the theological significance of each motif, which incorporates the complex symbols, artefacts, architecture, and costumes she observed. This ranges from ancient manuscripts in The Vatican and Lambeth Palace libraries, to sacred objects like a yad torah pointer or a Zoroastrian tile, to architectural details from a Hindu Temple, a Mosque or a Cathedral. These elements are transformed into deceptively simple graphic patterns designed in Green’s studio. These are then embellished by hand with 24k gold, silver and copper leaf and diamond dust.

The subject of each portrait is then hand painted in muted tones, to obscure the face and hands. This references religious practises including the visual strategies seen in Islam and Judaism and the tradition of Orthodox icons, whilst also raising questions of identity and power. In concealing the face, the subject is removed from their individual office, identity and ego. They become a symbol of their religion as a whole. It creates a blank canvas on which we can project our own image, stimulating questions of our relationship to those who are different from us. The muted, neutral grey and brown tones used for the flesh obscures the race, culture, age and gender of the subjects, encouraging people to see the similarities and differences between the leaders.

Encounters empowers diverse audiences to see their faith, and themselves, depicted in a new context. As well as the Abrahamic Religions, Green depicts subjects who are often excluded from Western contemporary portraiture: Sikhs, Hindus, Zoroastrians, Baha’is, Jains, and Traditional African and East Asian religions. Green invites these groups into a shared space, provoking important reflection upon how one constructs one’s own identity only through others.

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