Feelin' Good: The Bassist

Every musician who has ever lost themselves in sound will recognize this moment as their own. Andrew Nichols captures one of those moments in Feelin' Good. This canvas painting stops you in your tracks and pulls you into a world where joy is absolute, and music is everything.

At the center of the composition stands a young Black girl, eyes closed, chin slightly tilted downward, her full attention on the bass guitar cradled in her small hands. She is lost in the music, completely and beautifully consumed by it. There is no performance here, no audience, no pretense. There is only the feeling. That singular, transcendent feeling when music stops being something you play and starts being something you are.

Nichols renders this moment in his signature style: bold, mosaic-inspired brushwork that breaks color into vivid, interlocking fragments of blue, red, yellow, purple, and gold. Her patchwork hat echoes the same explosive energy as the background, a swirl of teal, amber, and muted earth tones that seem to breathe and pulse around her. 

The palette is exuberant, yet the subject herself is perfectly still. That contrast is everything. It is the stillness inside the storm, the peace that only music can deliver.

Brooklyn-born artist Andrew Nichols has built his reputation on paintings that celebrate the full humanity of African American life. His work centers on the family, honors children, and finds the extraordinary tucked inside ordinary moments. Nichols has shown his work at the Jacob Javits Center and the Pratt Institute, and his originals have found homes with collectors across the country, including members of the New Jersey Nets. Feelin' Good, dated 2024, represents Nichols at his most joyful and most technically assured.

This canvas print brings that same energy into your home. Whether displayed in a living room, a music room, a child's creative space, or a collector's gallery wall, Feelin' Good carries a charge that transforms any room it enters. It is a celebration of Black girlhood, musical heritage, and the pure, unguarded happiness of being moved by sound.

Available in two generous sizes and your choice of presentation, this piece arrives ready to anchor any space with color, warmth, and meaning.