Scott Niemi

Tropic Night

acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

36″ x 36″ x 1.5″

2024

This work is a composite of dreams and memories of my 13+ years spent in south Florida.

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Scott Niemi

Celebration

Inspired by: Mixteca-Puebla Artist, Tripod Bowl

acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas

36″ x 36″ x 1.5″

2023

“Celebration” is inspired by the “Tripod Bowl” ceramic piece. I’ve long been intrigued and inspired by the decorative and symbolic qualities represented in Aztec and other Mesoamerican peoples work. The abstract looking design on the bowl is structured, but it also represents chaos. The idea that the vessel was presumably one used for offerings of food/drink inspired me to work on my piece with the idea of a Celebration in mind. I also like the suggestiveness of the Tripod Bowl alluding to snake heads, as in the feet, since I typically infuse my work with human and animal references/symbols.

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