“Protruding Light”

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Protruding Light

 These figures have found, have created for themselves an elevated corner of brightness removed from the forces roiling beneath them...

"Blend"

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, Blend

 In hiding his features, this figure of a man reveals so much. We see something in him, perhaps a secret, a thing suppressed, and he seems abashed at the revelation...  

“Feeling Rome”

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, Feeling Rome

 There seems a sense of salesmanship here, of someone selling a notion of this storied and romanticized city... 

“Caliber”

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Caliber

 The order of elements here is quite fascinating: the figures rendered first, and then “overlapped” by semi-abstract, architectural iconography...

"Hopeful"

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Hopeful

 A dance of dreams in the mind of child. The parent provides the background music, the motivation behind his child’s movement through imagination and life...

“Leda Complications”

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, Leda Complications

 This enigmatic and alluring work leaves one with more questions than answers. Are these the complications of some sort of birth?.. 

“The Nun”

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, The Nun

 A sense of peace radiates from this alluring drawing by Nika. Yet the source of that peace is an interesting subject to ponder... 

“See Art”

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Seeing Art

 It’s difficult to avoid seeing in this interesting portrait the youthful visage of a young Romeo, reaching out an open hand to Juliet on her balcony...

"Harmony"

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Harmony

This portrait implies a certain peace with the subject’s surrounding environment. Yet to achieve this equity, this equilibrium, we must give something of ourselves.

"Child"

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing,

The minimalistic portraiture common to the Renaissance period is a deceptively difficult artistic endeavor. 

"Kid"

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, Kid

This amalgam of techniques is a representation of creativity from the Renaissance to more modern times. There’s a sense of homage here in the distorted portrait,

"The Duke of"

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, The Duke of

Have you opened a new location, redesigned your shop, or added a new product or service? Don't keep it to yourself, let folks know.

"What She Wants"

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, What She Wants

An expression of a woman’s dreams, these tangled threads and themes are difficult to define, near-impossible to tease apart, even by the subject herself. 

"The Gentleman"

Mixed Media, Drawing, Nika Armine, The Gentleman

 A mysterious, perplexing figure, hidden behind a curtain of dark shadows. The quirky, confident smile leaves a lasting impression in the viewer, 

"The Beauty of the 21st Century

Mixed Media, Nika Armine, Drawing, Feeling Paris

Simple yet so complex, calm yet so determined, fragile yet so strong. Is there a question in her look or an assertion? 

Son Who Stayed

Oil on Canvas, Nika Armine, Painting, Son Who Stayed

Here seems a rift between the father’s world and this new life beyond that existence beckoning to the young man. And it’s within this breach or portal the duo seems struggling.