James Nyika

Milan I, Original Painting

2020

Artist Comments
"Milan, the center of fashion in Europe, is a beautiful city with fantastic classical architecture, trams and people milling about attending to their work," says artist James Nyika. "This scene evokes a typical street with a stretch of light pouring onto the street to enliven it!" The artwork image is 13.75" x 21.25" on paper that measures 15" x 22".

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: Milan, Italy, Europe, tram, train, street, road, buildings, architecture, pedestrians, sunset, afternoon, travel, architecture, impressionism, travel, representational, watercolor painting, orange

Milan I
James Nyika
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2020
15 in. h x 22 in. w
0 lbs. 1 oz.