James Nyika

Drawing, Multidisciplinary, Multidisciplinary Art, Painting, Visual / Media

My goal is to capture a moment in time, a glimmer and an essence. If I can remind you of that moment through the work, then I have succeeded!

About the Artist

Artist James Nyika paints the glowing atmosphere of cities across the world. As a child growing up in Kenya, he found art materials at the student bookshop and also borrowed just about every art history volume from the British Council library in Nairobi. "I checked out the same books over and over just to stare at the art, to try and understand how it was created," says James. With family encouragement to study engineering, James moved to the U.S. and immersed himself in science studies at Boston University. Several years after embarking on a tech career, he set a goal to create at least one painting a week, never throwing away any works and learning as much as possible in his off hours. Today, James still balances his full-time career designing large software systems with his prolific output as a painter. "Painting is a great antidote to the regularity of a computing profession and I really value it for the uncertainty that it brings - something frowned upon when writing code."

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Artist's Statement

I have worked as an artist for many years however only recently renewed his energy in the depicting light in urban surroundings. I have a fondness for cityscapes with strong light, movement and color. I like a loose painting style and I would like you to feel the art is accessible to you as any other work you have seen and liked. If you like a particular piece and would like the original, feel free to reach out and make an offer. You may be surprised. The works you see are only a small part of the works that I have and I am slowly uploading and adding to them.

Featured Work

Booking

Booking Price: $1,001-$2,000

On Commission : contact through email : questions@nyika.studio

Working Surface

Subject to discussion with client