My Story
My Story. 2021. Lyrics Below.
I was born on the 31st of January
Bliss of being was my sanctuary
Had Yet to become a member
Of a society yet to prosper
I Sheepishly gave my allegiance when i was a toddler
And so i entered the illusionary realm of the other
A divided self among others
Conflicted inside looking for brothers
The game was afoot
Chasing cerebral soot
Almost oblivious to a lost paradise
For which i didn’t yet know the price
Yet something never felt correct
Covered in the background like a tiny insect
And as i grew so did the discomfort
Pursuing ever expanding ghosts and more soot
Until i hit 30
And so did my unhappiness hit me
This is when i abandoned all and took up a quest for the answer
Little did i know that via this route the little insect was growing bigger
Overturning spiritual and quantum literature
Like there was no tomorrow
Losing friends and money for this new obsession which was on full burner
And then one day after meditating
I realised i’d been in a bubble striving and striving
It burst and so did my rapture
I danced ecstatically for i had been freed from minds capture
My conceptual prison collapsed and my eyes opened forever
But the journey had just begun and Clouds came back to hover
What i didn’t realise was that what was crumbling was my persona
To keep this freedom was a challenge like no other
Then One day i found that i was eternity
William Blake’s words came back to me
And i understood with all my being his sagacity
But still there was brewing in my personality
Finally i woke up one day in a mental hospital
And realised clearly i had to let go of all
And so this is my story as real as that can be
And it is also yours for i am you and you are me
Presence Is The Key by Scarlet Anima with Lyrics
Presence Is The Key, by Scarlet Anima, 2020. Lyrics below.
Subtract a nervous disposition
Be still and confront the demon
Mon dieu give me strength
To rise above the wrench
I’d rather sit on a bench
And contemplate the vicious stench
Of an ego a million years old
I will no longer be sold
Like a black slave
Observe but no longer identify with the knave
Here it comes, thought, feelings, body
The truth is I am nobody
Simply life
Flowing as me with no strife
Delight in a light that glows even at night
As tight as a sight with no spite
Lift and elevate to a state of no state
Beyond notions of experience, I have no fate
Placate the wounds that dwell deep in the flesh
Liberate the energy trapped in the mesh
Spin the sin
Reclaim the sanskrit
You missed the mark
Reclaim your grit
Nothing is wrong
You simply went astray
Lay down and reclaim your way
Drop guilt
Full of ideas that society built
We are innocent
Even amidst the indecent
Disbelieve in the descent
Hell is simply the serpent
Disbelieve in the descent
Hell is simply the serpent
A thought that we believe
Knowledge up our sleeve
Let it go so we can truly know
The ego is not an enemy
Presence is the key
for humanity to be free
For you to be me
Presence is the key
Timeless-Official Music Video-Nicolas Osborn
Timeless, Official Music Video by Nicolas Osborn, 2020.
Appropriated footage for artistic use only.
Etude d’un Portrait de Lucian Freud sur Artsper
Etude d’un Portrait de Lucian Freud is now on Artsper:
https://www.artsper.com/en/contemporary-artworks/painting/890676/etude-dun-portrait-de-lucian-freud

Paintings 2020
Paintings on Artsper
You can now find my paintings on Artsper:
https://www.artsper.com/en/contemporary-artists/france/64905/nicolas-osborn
Jeune Femme sur Fond Violet, 2020.
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b (Remix), Official Music Video, Nicolas Osborn, 2019
Exposition, “Hommes, Ombres et Lumières”, October 2019.
Nicolas Osborn
Les personnes que Nicolas peint ne nous regardent pas par hasard. Leurs yeux fermés pour une profonde et calme méditation, s’ouvrent pour rencontrer les nôtres. Comme on ouvre les bras, eux qui ne nous connaissent pas, ils lèvent, pudiquement mais sans concession, le voile sur leurs souffrances, leurs douleurs de vie pour nous les donner à voir, à nous, frères de chemin.
Les tableaux de Nicolas sont des offrandes, des avertissements d’une absolue humanité.
Dominique Thireau
… les grands formats de Nicolas Osborn donnent à voir des portraits de chair, auxquels une matérialité fougueuse donne une expression intense. Les regards sont vifs, ou sombres, ou désarçonnés, tellement présents… Le pinceau n’y va pas de main morte. Il brosse à grands traits les contours, puis travaille et fouille, recherche jusqu’au fond pour la traduire au plus fort, la sensation d’une vie. Jusqu’à la dédoubler pour en sonder les abîmes.
Mais Nicolas aussi sait qu’il faut dépouiller et cadrer, et parfois, ses fonds sombres éliminent le décor superflu pour révéler un regard qui en dit long à lui seul…
Hélène Riblet
Photography, 2019
Photography. By Nicolas Osborn. 2019.