Bélange Nohra
Born and raised in Lebanon, I grew up in a small village between the mountains. I used to paint since I was 4 years old in my dad's workshop and I never understood what art meant to me. Years after putting down the brush and finishing my engineering degree in Montreal, I struggled with my mental health and was unable to process my emotions. It's during my abyss that I gave my canvas a second chance and tried to express my feelings with the colors I had. My paintings are a representation of my reality, my emotions and an attempt to feel at home, away from home.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I don't have a specific painting technique as I am still discovering the artist within me. I use all type of tools and paints, but my heart always calls for spatulas and oil colors.
Born and raised in Lebanon, I grew up in a small village between the mountains. I used to paint since I was 4 years old in my dad's workshop and I never understood what art meant to me. Years after putting down the brush and finishing my engineering degree in Montreal, I struggled with my mental health and was unable to process my emotions. It's during my abyss that I gave my canvas a second chance and tried to express my feelings with the colors I had. My paintings are a representation of my reality, my emotions and an attempt to feel at home, away from home.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I don't have a specific painting technique as I am still discovering the artist within me. I use all type of tools and paints, but my heart always calls for spatulas and oil colors.
$340.00
Oil on canvas.
16x20"
Missing spring, and wanted to depict it on my canvas
$360.00
Acrylic and coffee on canvas.
16x20"
Perfect sunny morning - I painted this piece with few acrylic paints and my Sunday morning coffee.
$750.00
Oil, acrylic & ink on canvas.
36x48"
Unda or an extraterrestrial dune field. I enjoyed painting this artwork while listening to No Plan by Hozier. I was experimenting with acrylic, oil and ink with no planned outcome - just pure joy.
$450.00
Oil on wood panel.
17x27"
Just looking at it makes me realize how much music helps us see our colors beneath our surface. Nothing is uniform, not the colors not the shapes, yet our inner pieces come beautifully together.
$260.00
Oil on wood panel.
6x16"
Same color, different shades & movements
Sometimes I lose myself within a crowd, full of diversity, yet being one in humanity
$180.00
Oil & ink on canvas.
10x12"
Dolorem, bite, shockwave, autumn leaves, fire, were what people saw in my painting. I saw an Aftermath. each time you look at it, you'll see an emotion, an object or an expression, and this is what I love about abstract.
$1,150.00
Acrylic on canvas.
40x30"
First attempt to paint after 8 years of putting down the brush. All the geometric shapes are a representation of what was going on inside my head. I finished this artwork a month after the beginning of the pandemic. Painting this kept me sane during the hard times.
$280.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x16"
I was dealing with insomnia and nocturnal panic attacks and painting helped me calm my mind and get lost in colors. This artwork was the result of insomnia and I finished it at 5 am in the morning. These are the layers of my character and my behaviors.
$180.00
Oil & acrylic on canvas.
12x10"
A morning following a heavy nocturnal panic attack, I had blues for my home country and my home that I didn't visit for 4 years. My nostalgia took me to the blue sea not far from my childhood house, and the happy memories I had with my family. The sea brings me inner peace and serenity like no other place. I hope this artwork reminds you of waves and happy places.
$640.00
Oil on cardboard (wood frame - set of 2).
12x16"
It's the first time I explore recycling cardboard and wood frames left at thrift shops. There's no story behind Sunrise and Sunest, just playing with colors on a shallow and dull tuesday afternoon.
$560.00
Oil & acrylic on canvas.
12x48"
I had an initial idea of painting faces of people I encountered in my life and impacted me on a personal level. I wasn't satisfied with the final result and decided to put the painting on the side to brainstorm for new ideas. Few months later, I realized that these people are shadows, and that the most important relationship you have is the one you have with yourself.
$380.00
Oil on canvas.
16x20"
I didn't know where to start. I had mixed emotions from this summer's sunsets, between my mood swings and therapy. This painting represents perfectly my mood swings and the happy yellow when I go from my cold blue to my warm red mood. Alphabet is the skeleton of any language, and my blues are reds are essential for my energy balance.