James Nyika

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, Original Painting

2024

Artist Comments
People revel in the beauty of a sun-soaked beach and refreshing water. A man runs along the sandy shore, while a woman in a yellow swimsuit wades into the sparkling ocean. The vibrant colors and expressive brushwork capture the energy and warmth of a Florida summer.The painting has a half-inch border and a deckled edge.

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: Florida, beach, umbrellas, atmospheric, crowd, sea, water, swimming, waves, shore, skyline, impressionism, seascape, watercolor painting, blue

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida
James Nyika
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2024
22 in. h x 30 in. w
0 lbs. 4 oz.