James NyikaMain Street, Original Painting2021
2021
About the Item
Artist Comments
"Main street is the heart of any town," says artist James Nyika. "It is where you go to get your name known!" James captures this extensive view from the main road opening up to a mountain. "In this piece, I wanted to challenge the viewer to recall as many features of interest as possible when they look down the main street of their hometown. What is memorable in life, and what is not? This is the essential question of the work!"
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."
Words that describe this painting: street, road, town, mountain, people, buildings, architecture, pedestrians, architecture, impressionism, representational, watercolor painting, purple
Main Street
James Nyika
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
18 in. h x 24 in. w
0 lbs. 1 oz.
- Creator:James Nyika
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Condition:Main Street. James Nyika. Watercolor painting on paper. Ready to frame. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
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