SUNNY MELONCHOLY
- 1 of 1 Edition
- Mixed Media // Oil Bar and Collage
- Beautiful Yellow Frame
Product Description
This piece was inspired after hosting a few collage events. It had dawned on me that my work inherently had a strong collage element that I never quite celebrate. Before I paint my floral pop pieces, I first always design my composition and it's one of my favorite steps in the process. These things lead me to conceive a piece that flipped elements of my process to see what that would look like and make subtle commentary on what degree of "digital" art is "acceptable" as I consistently face friction for making art on my iPad. (If you've never used Procreate, you truly cannot understand the difficulty of trying to make digital art look good 😂)
I first painted the bright yellow flowers on my iPad without any design direction, then printed them out on archival fine art paper to cut and collage with to simulate the traditional process on a cradled wood panel.
Once I was happy with the placement of the printed elements, I embellished them with coloured pencils to add more saturated colour. The final stage of the process was drawing a figure on top of the flowers (reverse floral masking 🌼👄🌼) with my favorite traditional medium, oil sticks - a large stick of oil paint combined with enough wax medium that you can draw with it! I love the juxtaposition of the creamy impasto texture of the oil stick against the surrealistic colours of my digital florals on the textured art paper. 🎨
I made this for my show BORDERLESS in 2024 because it thematically spoke to my unwillingness to stay in a box. I've always been creatively curious and this work challenged me to maintain integrity with that self-affirmation. The yellow frame chosen to display it also actualized my desire to be more intentional with my framing as well 💛
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The work comes with a certificate of authenticity and if you're in Toronto I'd be happy to come install the work for you 🤞🏾
About Nashid Chroma
Hi I'm Nashid Chroma - a Toronto based Bengali artist! I'm inspired by colour, nature, and music. It's been my childhood dream to become an artist and thanks to the kindness of people who support my art, I've been able to realize this dream. Everything you find on this website has been created by me, and I'm constantly working on new projects! You can read more about me in the About Me page, otherwise I hope you enjoy browsing and find something that speaks to you :)
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12x16, 16x20, and 18x24in prints are securely packaged in a plastic sleeve with a cardboard backing inside a rigid mailer.
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Are you the artist behind all these images?
Yes I am! I'm a mixed-media artist who studied art at the University of Waterloo, and a masters of architecture at the University of Toronto (both in Canada). And most of my work here is digitally illustrated on the iPad using an app called
