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Iris Chiota

Iris Chiota

@irischiota.bsky.social

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queer | nb | mental health advocate 🥬up-and-coming maker of things 🍋 I survive to spite my enemies 🍒 Atlanta, GA

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Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Aug 16

9x12 colored pencil and pastel on paper collage

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Aug 15

9 x 12 oil pastel and colored pencil on paper; drawing intuitively and spontaneously makes me feel liberated! #queerartists #abstractartists #oilpastel #coloredpencil #abstractlandscape

Abstract art featuring a green, yellow, and pink shape at the bottom in front of a light yellow background. Drawn in colored pencil and oil pastel.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Aug 15

I drew this in therapy #abstractart #queerartist #coloredpencil #nonrepresentational

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Aug 7

Stream of consciousness sketch #oilpastel #abstractart #rainbow #nonrepresentational #expressionist #abstractexpressionist #vibrant #queerartist #lgbtq

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Aug 6

#queerartist #abstractart #oilpastels

Abstract art

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · May 5

My art is my power 3; 11 x 14 oil pastel on paper #queerartist #lgbtqartist #artistsofthesouth #oilpastel #abstractart #abstract #landscape #nonrepresentational #atlanta #atlarts #drawing #sketch #nonbinaryartist #womanartist #mungyo #mungyogallery #contemporaryart

An abstracted landscape in oil pastel on paper. Mountains in grass greens, salmon pink, naples yellow, canary yellow, vermillion, and and sky blue. Blue circles with dark borders and light centers float and cluster over the image. The background is a scribbled light blue and the image has a portrait orientation.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · May 5

My art is my power 2; 11 x 14 oil pastel on paper #queerartist #lgbtqartist #artistsofthesouth #oilpastel #abstractart #abstract #landscape #nonrepresentational #atlanta #atlarts #drawing #sketch #nonbinaryartist #womanartist #mungyo #mungyogallery #contemporaryart

An abstract landscape in oil pastel. One very large blue circle surrounded by seven smaller blue circles in the foreground in front of abstracted mountains in grass greens, vermillion, orange, magenta, lavender, and sky blue. Against a naples yellow background.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · May 5

My art is my power; 11 x 14 oil pastel on paper #queerartist #lgbtqartist #artistsofthesouth #oilpastel #abstractart #abstract #landscape #nonrepresentational #atlanta #atlarts #drawing #sketch #nonbinaryartist #womanartist #mungyo #mungyogallery #contemporaryart

Abstract painting of a landscape using bright, vibrant colors. A mountain in the center that is made of greens, vermillion, and Naples yellow with fuschia and eggplant purple details. There are blue circles that have dark borders and light centers in the sky. The sky itself is a scribbled light blue. A dark green leaf peaks over from the top of the page with a pink and yellow symbol in the upper right hand corner.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Apr 17

When I create, I fulfill my purpose; 16x20 oil on canvas #abstractart #nonrepresentationalart #abstract #nonrepresentational #landscape #nature #greenery #atlantaartist #atlarts #queerartist #lgbtqartist #oilpainting #oilpaint #abstractexpressionism #colorfield #gesture #gestural #gesturalmarks

Abstract painting with a yellow image of an animal in the lower right corner. A deep blue shape in the center is surrounded by greens, pinks, scarlet, and lavender. The marks are gestural and the paint is heavy.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Apr 16

16 x 20 oil on canvas #abstractart
#rabbit #bunny #painting #landscape #tree #orangetreepainting #sketch #greenery #nature #queerartist #lgbtqartist #artistsofthesouth

Abstract landscape painting: green with black detailing, red rabbit, tree with oranges, heavy body paint

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Apr 7

Charcoal sketch

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 27

9 x 6 digital painting

#digitalpainting
#digitalart #queerartist #stilllife #bathroom #pink #pinktub #illustration #clutter #artist

Pink tub with white tile walls, green walls to the right. Cleaning supplies and hair products and bath products scattered around. Orange floor with corner of red rug. Made by a queer artist in Atlanta ga.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 25

16 x 20 digital painting

#plants #plantart #digitalpainting #ponytailpalm #illustration #digitalillustration #stilllife #queerartist

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 25

Oil pastel on paper, 19 x 24

#oilpastels #drawing #tulips #queerartist #stilllife #tulipdrawing

Pink tulips with blue leaves in a yellow vase against a green background

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

11 x 14 digital painting

#painting #art #illustration #digitalpainting #glossieryou #queerartist #glossier #fragrance #vanity #stilllife #procreate #artnaive #naiveart

A two-tier organizer full of fragrance bottle including glossier you, phlur father figure, Jo Malone basil and neroli, Burberry goddess, Bianco Latte, boy smells hinoki Fantome, and several travel sized sprays. On the right is a blue glass decorative vessel and on the left is a red vase. There is a candle burning in front of the organizer as well.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

I feel we should all know more about Andre Derain

TH Countz Creates @thcountzcreates.bsky.social · Jan 20

ANDRE' DERAIN. We begin our week with this painting, entitled, "Turning Road." Can you identify some of the characteristics of Fauvism in this??

#artistoftheweek #fauvism #andrederain #arteducation #color #road #painting #art

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

Digital figure drawings

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

6.6 x 9.9 inch digital painting

Green bed in a blue room with purple lights, pink windows, a yellow mirror, and a yellow floor. Made by a queer nonbinary artist in Atlanta GA, USA.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

16 x 20 digital painting

A pink rabbit tail bouquet in a green vase on a small round purple table in front of a blue couch with multicolored throw pillows. Yellow walls, two window, grey floor. Created by a queer nonbinary artist in Atlanta GA, USA.

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Jan 24

11 x 14 digital painting

A digital painting of a bouquet of flowers in a blue vase on a long brown table receding into the distance with two chairs opposite one another. On the table there is also an orange candle, Japanese incense in a green dish, and a rhinoceros with green spots. Created by a queen non-binary artist in Atlanta GA, USA. 11 x 14

Iris Chiota @irischiota.bsky.social · Nov 21

I hate yappin about my art but I get more engagement when I do lol