Modern Beauty Portraiture by Nylora: Nylora-Joy Fine Art Portraits

As some of you know, in the past few years I have been bringing more fine art to my business.

Not only in my regular portrait sessions but creating some composition pieces to my work as well. This keep my mind and creativity busy. Most of the images I have created to this point are ideas that I have come up with either in dreams (yes, I keep a small pad of paper next to my bed) or while in the shower (yes, I also keep washable markers to write my ideas on the wall of the tub!). Those are the 2 most common places that I come up with my best ideas! :)

I have been posting some of my newest work on IG (please follow me there @NyloraJoy). This past week I made the conscious decision for to enter the International Print Competition (IPC) in the Master Artist category. I have done extremely well in that competition. In fact, I earned my Master Artist Degree at last years competition and received it this past January in Atlanta.

This was a BIG deal. As I am the FIRST (and only) Master Artist in NH and only the second to hold this degree in all of New England! So, when I say a BIG deal it really is.

What I love about creating composite images is that I can make the story down to the littlest of details because each part of the image I have had to photograph it, light it and piece it together to make it look like it really happened that way! I have been enjoying working in a series of images instead of just a single image and moving on. This means that I have multiple art pieces with a theme.

The one I have been working on for the past 2 years is my Animal Series. Although my family is a huge supporter of my art and helps very often in building my sets or hauling props through the woods to make my vision become reality, this series has been fun because we have been able to visit zoos together to get the base of my images - The Animals!

While it started out as "portraits" of the animals I felt something was missing and, being a portrait artist of people, it seemed only right that I include people in the animal portraits! That is how this series began.

I hope you enjoy these. I am hoping to have add a few more pieces in the coming months. Please leave me some love if you like them and feel free to share them out with your friends! If there is an animal you would like to see let me know, it may be the next one I use!