The son of an artist and a biologist, Nick Mayer seems to have found a unique niche between these two disciplines. Nick has used his undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology from Brown University as a vehicle to spend most of his adult life traveling in pursuit of fish and wildlife. He has done so as an artist, a teacher, a commercial fisherman, a research biologist, and a flyfisherman.

While investigating the effects of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill on sockeye salmon, restoring spawning habitats for the last wild strain of steelhead in the Columbia River, studying the nesting habits of sea turtles in Costa Rica, and fishing small streams in the Green Mountains for brook trout, Nick has kept detailed sketchbooks to later use as references in his watercolors. His paintings are not just portraits of fish, they are windows into real experience.

His works have been exhibited in galleries on both the East and West coasts including The McClure & Company Gallery in The Dalles, Oregon, The Gamefish Gallery in Key West, and The Scrimshaw Gallery on Martha's Vineyard. Nick also recently painted a 15’ x 40’ outdoor mural of an underwater scene in Vergennes, Vermont that was funded by matching grants from The Vermont Arts Council and People of Addison County Together. He is currently working on a series of paintings/ sculptures of moths that was funded by a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation" - Tom Meade, Providence Journal.

Nick lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont with his wife and sons. He can be contacted there by phone, 802.453.7005, or email: nmayer@escapestudio.org.