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Bird
The tenderness is in the looseness, in the refusal to trap the bird in exactness. Its form is there, yes, but it’s softened, like it’s...
nikolopoulouzoe
Jun 51 min read
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Curtain
I think of this more like a held breath than a room. The red is so saturated it almost swallows everything, and I wanted that—to make the...
nikolopoulouzoe
Jun 41 min read
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STUDY NO. 2
This little bear feels like it's drifting. I wanted to capture the translucency without over-defining it—the way light sort of hums...
nikolopoulouzoe
Jun 31 min read
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Study no. 28
I wanted this one to feel cool and crystalline—almost like it’s made of ice instead of sugar. Using colored pencils, I focused on...
nikolopoulouzoe
Jun 21 min read
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STUDY NO. 26
It’s just a single piece of hard candy, wrapped and resting on a neutral gray surface—but it holds your eye. I wanted to capture that...
nikolopoulouzoe
Jun 11 min read
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Study no. 52
I painted this study with the intention of staying honest—honest to the object, to the light, to the silence it carried when I first saw...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 302 min read
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Study no. 14
At first glance, this painting is simple: a bowl, some citrus slices, the soft geometry of windowlight on a surface. But beneath its...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 291 min read
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Study no. 13
The sparse composition becomes its strength. The branch is bare, the leaves are few, and the fruit is round and full—almost childlike in...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 281 min read
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Study no. 32
In this painting, I was drawn not to the shell as a marine object, but to what it evokes: fragility, exposure, the ache of tenderness...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 271 min read
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Pink study
This painting explores the boundary between object and emotion, using the form of a strawberry as both anchor and vessel. Rendered in...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 261 min read
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Orange study
In this piece, I sought to reimagine the quiet resilience of the snowdrop—a flower often associated with fragility and early spring—by...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 251 min read
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Touch
A solitary bird, rendered in deep blue, lifts into a sea of molten gold—its wings caught mid-beat, its slender leg extended in a final...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 231 min read
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Pink cat
This painting, bathed in warm pinks and soft peach tones, evokes a tender sense of sanctuary and repose, centering on a curled-up cat...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 211 min read
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Moonflower
Set against the infinite hush of a star-laced sky, the moonlit flowers emerge with a spectral grace, their pale petals unfolding like...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 201 min read
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The lake
The lower half, with its deep swirling blues and blacks, suggests a nocturnal lake—still, contemplative, and ominously quiet—centered by...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 191 min read
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Blue study
In this piece, the flower emerges from the darkness, bathed in an ethereal glow—an embodiment of resilience and fleeting beauty. The...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 181 min read
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Study no. 89
At the core of Study no. 89  lies a disciplined exploration of form—its rhythm, density, and presence. The shell, rendered in layered...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 161 min read
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Shores
In Shores , reflection operates on both a literal and symbolic plane. The boats, quietly suspended on the water’s surface, cast gentle...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 151 min read
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Shade
Shade  feels like an abstracted landscape—perhaps a mountainside at night, or a stretch of coastline caught between dusk and forgetting....
nikolopoulouzoe
May 131 min read
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Isolation
The color palette plays a quiet psychological trick. The green is not fresh, not vibrant—it is subdued, almost hushed, as if drained of...
nikolopoulouzoe
May 121 min read
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