PORTFOLIO

“Twenty-Nine” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” X 40”

“Life moves so fast in the 9th year of a closing decade. Some welcome the new number before the zero. I decided to fight like hell before it reshapes me. Change sticks to you like a fly on honey. You cant get away. Good ol 29.”

02/25/2026

“Eyesotope” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” X 40”

“Sometimes we hide behind sight. Always watching and listening but not quite ready to speak. Some sounds we can see but can we make them when everything is so loud? ”

04/05/2026

“Ghost” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” X 40”

“When it rains some find it dreadful I find it cleansing. Washing away all of yesterday’s pain imagine if we can be the rain. What would be left of you after the rain? ”

04/04/2026

“Ragdoll” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: ??” X ??”

“We are sometimes burned and scared by decisions others make for us. It used to be easy to let others take control. But now the strings that pupated me are what I use to tie up my hair, lace my shoes and to secure the pants around my waste. My scars are golden from the sun are to an accessory I wear proudly. What wounds do you have?

04/02/2026

“Back Rooms” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 40” X 30”

“How many thoughts do you have a day? Can you identify the ones you have pushed to the back of your head? Now assign them a color and a shape and what picture do you get?”

“Rift” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” X 40”

“2 Sides to a story is common. 2 sides of a thought is rare.”

“Matrix Glitch” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 20” X 24”

“There is always a feeling or voice inside that discerns. Sometimes the voice is you sometimes it’s not. This one says often that we exist in a false reality. What does yours say?”

“Power” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 22” X 28”

“What is your position? Are you in controll or grasping for power? Sometimes it falls to us with out want? Who is he when he takes off the suit with the shoulder pads? Does the body still hold the power?”

“Far Away” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30”x 40”

“Where do we go to escape the now?”

“Rodeo” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 40”x 40”

“I wonder if I could fill a stadium full of people who have seen me. Or would a stadium even fit the amount of people who have seen me. The pulling of momentum back in forth as we try to stay stable is electrifying. Am I the show?”

“Pathways” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Media on canvas.

Dimensions: 38” x 50”

“Thoughts can be chaotic, simple, or something in between. I like to think that sometimes we can go inside our minds. What color would the inside of yours be? What shapes, sounds or images would you find there? Would my pathway be clear or would eye find many roads? Eye suppose no one knows.

“His Will” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30”x 40”

“Theres a clarity when you let go of control. The noise is muted and peace fills in the empty space. What color is peace to you? What color is his will?”

“Stone Henge” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30”x 40”

“So easily are our set in stone non negotiables reimagined by the graffiti of compromise. Do you think change always paints a better picture?”

“Ode to RP”by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 24” x 30”

“I look at myself from the inside…constantly erasing bits, rewriting, redrawing and drawing over parts of myself. I learned to make peace with it so we pay homage to the feelings and wisdom of a Renewed Perspective ”

“Pale Thinker”by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” x 40”

“There are always two feelings what is acceptable and what reminds inside unsaid. ”

“Mind Strings” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” x 40”

“If every line where a thought and every color was a memory of a decision I had made what lies in my mind?”

“Heated Download”by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 40” x 40”

“Have you ever melted under the pressures of decision making?”

“Remembrance” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 40” x 40”

“I think eye will look into all options taken in the past to make my future successful.”

“The Humming”by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 36” x 48”

“What we cover up is often what makes us beautiful. What we hide and feel shameful about makes us strong. ”

“Scatter Blue” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 22” X 28”

“Before there was video there was pictures and before that sound. You can only imagine the amount of information the brain absorbs today. Maybe its too much maybe its not enough of what actually matters.”

“Envision”by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 36.5” x 36.5”

“The mind is an interesting thing. Our experiences, values, environments and imagination shape what we envision when we look into the eye of the storm”

Hanging in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia’s Clerks Office.

“See it” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 20” x 24”

“I believe eyes can look beyond our reality into something thats greater than our now.”

“Renewed Perspective” by Nijel Noel

2/7/2016

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 16” x 20”

“The first time we truly see ourselves is when we strip away everything that hides us”

“Sound of Noel” by Nijel Noel

Mixed Medium on canvas.

Dimensions: 30” x 40”

“Musically gifted people may say we all have a song inside. What does a sound look like? What color is it? Does it surround you like a body of water or move around you like wind on an autumn evening? For now this is the sound of Noel ”