Visual artist · Painter · Muralist

Art

paintings, murals, live

Acrylic on canvas, on wood, and on the walls of Curaçao. Portraits, murals, and painting live while the day happens.

Æmy looking at her canvases on easels at an exhibition
At the exhibitionCanvases · Curaçao
Æmy Niafeliz, chin resting on her hand, a coral flower in her hair
a realist at heart
About

Years of painting,
then the walls

For years Æmy Niafeliz worked in quiet, away from public view, the way old masters once did. A realist in temperament and technique, she paints in acrylic on canvas, wood and architectural surfaces, grounding her compositions in the real world. She is drawn to the precision she finds in nature, in people, in objects, in atmosphere, and her work avoids haste and spectacle. Each piece is a patient study of light and form, built around a story.

The stillness of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 pushed her to bring that work to the public. Her murals and paintings now appear indoors and out, sensitive to their surroundings and to the people who live among them. Collectors have noticed her craftsmanship and the contemplative feel in her work.

Selected pieces

The
work

Tap a piece to see it large. Titles are working titles until she names them.

The old manMural
In prayerCanvas
The readerCanvas
Summer floatCanvas
FolkloreCanvas
The kingCanvas
The turbanCanvas
At the pianoCanvas
Portrait in purpleCanvas
Water carrier at sunriseCanvas
Seaside weddingLive painting
GriotMural
And more

Every piece here is one she has posted. The full set goes up when she sends the originals.

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On the walls

Murals of
Curaçao

scaffolding, sun, a street
  1. 01

    The old man

    Building facade
  2. 02

    Sunflowers & Cello

    Street wall
  3. 03

    Griot

    Wall panel
  4. 04

    Esun ku hasi bon

    Street wall
  5. 05

    The fruit seller

    Interior wall
  6. 06

    The musician

    Interior wall
Live painting

Painted
while it happens

Weddings, ceremonies, celebrations. An easel at the event, and the day painted as it unfolds.

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Æmy painting at an easel during an outdoor ceremony, a Curaçao flag beside her
At the ceremony
Æmy presenting the finished ceremony painting indoors
The finished piece
Painting of a wedding by the sea
A wedding by the sea
Commissions

Your
portrait

A person, a couple, a grandmother, a moment. Painted from your photo, on a canvas you choose the size of.

01

Send a photo

The picture you want painted.

02

Agree the size

Canvas, wood, or a wall.

03

She paints it

In acrylic, by hand.

04

It is yours

Ask her how she hands it over.

Two women holding a finished portrait A woman beside a portrait of a smiling man A woman beside her own portrait A woman holding the praying-woman canvas Æmy with three finished canvases Æmy beside the turban portrait
Poster: Fundashon Museo Tula presents Homenahe Aemy Niafeliz, 6 October 2024
Recognition

Homenahe

Fundashon Museo Tula presented a homage to Æmy Niafeliz at Museo Tula on 6 October 2024.

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