“Jazzy,” by artist Isa Amalee, is a striking celebration of music, color, and creative transformation. This dynamic acrylic-on-canvas portrait—25.5″ × 37.5″ framed—is infused with the charismatic spirit of Esperanza Spalding, brought to life through bold brushwork and rich textures. Professionally framed with UV-resistant glazing and ready to hang, it radiates rhythm and vibrancy, perfect for enlivening any home, studio, or creative space.
But Amalee’s artistic journey doesn’t end there. Exploring the frontier of digital art, she transformed an original painting into the NFT Jazzy in an innovative, two-stage process:
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Digital Reinvention
Amalee digitized an earlier original painting on her iPad, making tweaks and vibrant enhancements—reconfiguring parts to accentuate color depth and emotional nuance. Painted it again and then digitized it again to make the final digital version. -
NFT Competition Success
The result was submitted to a Rarible art competition, where it was selected as a Finalist, standing among top digital artists on the platform. Rarible is a community-driven, royalty-friendly NFT marketplace built on Ethereum, offering creators direct control, customizable royalties, and governance via RARI tokensreddit.com+11medium.com+11rarible.com+11reddit.comrarible.com+6cryptoaiq.com+6medium.com+6. -
Minting the Collection
A total of 168 ‘Jazzy’ NFTs were minted, each a unique digital version of the painting. These tokens continue to carry Amalee’s artistic voice, becoming part of the growing digital community.
The Rarible platform’s user-friendly interface and focus on empowering creators made it the ideal stage for Amalee’s digital debut reddit.com+1reddit.com+1. Its emphasis on artist royalties and community involvement lets Amalee—and collectors—benefit from future exchanges .
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“The art that is selling the best is not always the best art. It is the art with a story… People also buy art for the story of the piece itself. Who is the artist? What time was it born out of?”rarible.com+15reddit.com+15reddit.com+15reddit.com
Amalee’s multi-stage creative process—canvas to digital to finalist—gives Jazzy NFT that powerful narrative.
Finally, to honor her physical roots, Amalee revisited the canvas once more—incorporating fresh color pops and layered textures that echo the digital tweaks. The framed, tangible painting, and its vibrant NFT twins, now coexist as parallel expressions of her evolving practice.
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