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Oil Paintings & Other Creative Endeavours by N.B.Derro

My work explores ideas of absurdity and surrealism without much context in an attempt to create a setting for the viewer or listener to form their own interpretations.

LESS NOT MORE

NEW WORKS

  • A painting of a person holding a long fork with their left hand, with their torso covered in colorful balloons or circular shapes against a green background.

    Banal and Insipid

    18” x 24” Oil on Canvas

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  • A surreal painting of a woman with human facial features wearing a frog-shaped hat with big eyes, set against a colorful checkered background.

    A Diagram of Sighs Folded Into a Paper Lung

    24” x 36” Oil on Canvas

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  • A person dressed as a bee, with large insect wings and a black costume, standing in front of a colorful, checkered tile background.

    Sun In Our Room Like Bugs in June

    24” x 24” Oil on Canvas

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LOCUST & HONEY

New Collection

THE TREES WERE SPEAKING THROUGH THEIR ROOTS, MAKING SOFT ARRANGEMENTS WITH ITS ROOTS

MORNING HAD ALREADY GROWN A SKIN AND WAS PRESSING ITSELF AGAINST THE GLASS

I DECIDED THAT WAS ENOUGH AND WENT HOME WITH LESS OF MYSELF THAN I STARTED

A surreal painting depicting colorful, elongated houses with windows, floating against a dark night sky with clouds.
A colorful portrait of a woman with blue eyes wearing a black hat, with a rooster and abstract shapes in the background and on her clothing.
Close-up of a traditional Asian painting featuring a woman with pale skin, brown eyes, and black hair, with a detailed textured background.

Surrealist paintings, writing and music by N.B. Derro

Meatbody is the online studio of Canadian artist N.B. Derro. Explore original surrealist oil paintings, poetry, essays, experimental music and moving-image work shaped by absurdity, dream logic, identity and the subconscious.