Tender Cursive Waves Acrylic, natural pigments, canvas and sewn textiles, framed 49" H x 37" W "Tender Cursive Waves" by Nicole Young brings together repurposed painted canvas and sewn textile panels in a composition that feels genuinely aquatic — fluid, painterly forms in lavender, burgundy, dusty rose, and soft teal move across vertical panels of cream and warm sand like seaweed or coral caught in a slow current. The gestural passages, likely made with natural dyes or pigments allowed to bloom and pool freely, contrast with the quieter geometric panels of blush pink, taupe, and sage that frame the right side of the composition, the seams between them visible and intentional. A thin strip of teal runs along the very top like a horizon, and the lower left holds a loose, spiraling grey form that anchors the whole composition without resolving it. The result is one of Young's most lyrical works — the tension between the organic and the constructed, held in careful, unhurried balance. Read More
When We First Met Acrylic on canvas and sewn textiles, framed 41" H x 31" W "When We First Met" by Nicole Young is among the most atmospherically charged of her works — a deep navy form curves through the left side of the canvas like a hill or a body, while a column of grey-green velvet textile stands flush against the right edge, its napped surface a tactile counterpoint to the painted areas surrounding it. Between them, a field of white canvas holds a loose, painterly passage of mint, peach, and deep magenta — pigments pooled and spread with a freedom that contrasts with the clean geometry elsewhere, the colors bleeding and gathering as though the canvas itself participated in the process. The title suggests memory and encounter, and the painting delivers — its materials carrying their own histories into a composition about the moment two things first come together. Read More
Repetition Oil stick, acrylic, natural pigments, canvas and sewn textiles, framed 41" H x 31" W "Repetition" by Nicole Young layers painted canvas with thrifted and hand-dyed textile panels in a composition full of diagonal energy and chromatic tension — chartreuse-yellow and burgundy-mottled fabric occupies the upper left, while large angular forms in salmon pink, warm brown, dusty mauve, and deep navy push against each other across the canvas. Loose turquoise lines drawn in pastel or chalk move across the upper right in a gestural scrawl that cuts through the geometric order of the panels below, and a small flash of orange thread catches the eye near the center right where two panels meet. The work holds its contradictions well — structured and spontaneous, repurposed and intentional, the marks of the hand present at every scale. Read More
Again and Again Natural pigments, canvas and sewn textiles, framed 25" H x 19" W "Again and Again" by Nicole Young is a quietly layered work combining sewn textile panels with painted canvas — warm terracotta, mustard, dusty pink, and soft grey-blue arranged in an interlocking patchwork across the upper half, while the lower portion opens into an expanse of cream canvas through which a loose, sandy-toned biomorphic form moves like a shadow or a body at rest. A small square of deep burgundy anchors the lower left, and the seams between fabric panels are visible throughout, making the construction as much a part of the composition as the color. There is a domestic tenderness to its scale and materials — intimate, considered, and unhurried. Read More
Above the Sushi Restaurant Acrylic on canvas and sewn textiles 47" H x 44" W "Above the Sushi Restaurant" by Nicole Young is a large, boldly composed work that brings together repurposed painted canvas and thrifted textiles in a composition that moves between geometric abstraction and material autobiography. A vivid orange triangle and an expansive field of flat magenta-pink dominate the upper right, while the left panel carries loose, gestural marks in deep violet and grey — the two halves in conversation across a seam that is itself part of the work. The lower register introduces a patchwork of smaller textile fragments: cream canvas, teal, blush pink, and a square of dark grid-print fabric, each piece distinct in texture and origin. The result is a painting that holds both the precision of design thinking and the warmth of something assembled from things that already had a life. Read More