A Feeling Of Pride - Original Artwork

This piece started with a heavy collision of analog graphics, old music sheets, and a lyric that stuck in my head: It's a feeling of pride that you feel inside. I screen-printed those layers over flashes of neon pink and bright teal, then pulled a set of flat pop flowers right over the top.

Instead of cutting the paper apart, I used a thick, opaque cream paint to block out the background by hand. I love how the heavy brushstrokes frame the bouquet, keeping all that chaotic energy locked inside the central shape. If you catch it in the daylight, you can see the physical ridges of the paint cutting against the flat ink layers underneath. It takes me back to the tactile, pre-digital graphics I obsessed over as a kid.

The framing had to match that weight. It is housed in a seven-centimeter deep oak clad float frame that I stained myself using an analog mixture of wire wool and vinegar to pull out a dark, weathered grain. At roughly 900 by 600 millimeters and 70mm deep it is a big, solid object. satin finish UV varnish. Find a solid wall with the right light. This one is built to stay put.