Currently hanging at the Union Market and Gallery in Tuckerton, on the wall above the coffee station, are three paintings by Brick artist Nikki Nous. One is a depiction of the Grateful Dead’s famous Haight-Ashbury concert, for which she referenced a black and white photo and brought forth color as she envisioned it. She had been invited to live-paint at a Dead cover band show.

‘Haight-Ashbury’ is based on the historic photo of the Grateful Dead’s free flatbed concert of 1968.

“I like a challenge,” she said. “It moves away from the intuitive painting that I usually do.”

Nous (Greek for “mind” or “intellect”) dove into acrylic painting in early 2018, loving the pleasure and validation she…