Nik paints humble people – without lyricism, without irony but with an infinite respect and immense tenderness.
His artistic expression is unpretentious but powerful, marked by an effective use of means.
What we see are neither soulless prototypes nor simply portraits of individual Basques.
If you change the background you are confronted with representations of eternal reality.
Joy is never free from sadness in these paintings which can be at the same time serene and cheerful.
The loneliness of these characters points to the painful awareness of human ambivalence.