Yusra Naim | The Vast Expanse

Yusra Naim is a Canadian artist and animator who specializes in storytelling and worldbuilding. Familiar with multiple mediums, Yusra Naim creates a large range of variety in her work including traditional mediums such as acrylic and gouache paintings, graphite, conte, pastels, and colour pencils, as well as digital drawing and animation
softwares to create art pieces filled with whimsy and wonder. Her subjects range from fictional fantastical creatures of her own imagination to depictions of real creatures, critters and people. These are often inspired by the beauty of the world around us - a reminder that the most interesting and fantastical world is the one we live in.

 

This painting encapsulates the feeling I have when being out in nature far from city life and was inspired by the deserts of the Southern United States. Surrounded by nothing man-made, there is a deep sense of peace. I hope the viewer feels the warmth and faith I feel when I am in the presence of such quiet. Even as the mountains and desert stretch on and we only see the occasional bit of life available to our eyes, I do not feel alone. I exist as a small element of this vast expanse and that in itself makes me feel as though I have arrived at the feeling we call “home.”