Dynamics 04

This mural is painted on the south facing wall of the building that at the time of creation housed the ‘Indy Hound’ doggie daycare facility. The design is informed by nearby architecture, city planning, urban infrastructure, and is an attempt at capturing the visual experience of being a human within a massive modern city, through the artist’s own perceptions. The design features stark teals and oranges to complement one another, and certain tones were chosen to liven up the nearby area while representing abstracted urban structures lit with warm summer light.

Nick Smith, who paints under the name Nick Abstract, is an Indianapolis-based artist who is colorblind.  Specializing in urban abstraction, Nick dedicates his works to his younger brother Sean who has an autism spectrum disorder. His works are inspired by architectural geometries in contemporary infrastructure with stylistic nods to graphic design and style writing.