The Bird Brain is the creator of a whimsical world of weirdness and wonder. Telling honest narratives of childhood reflections and themes of resilience.

What I’ve been up to lately…

The Abstract Collection

The Critter Collection

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Back To Eden is a reflection of a series of powerful, personal psychological experiences and an honest review of life itself.

The Back To Eden poetry book zine is now available!
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View fullsize Protect The Ones You Love Far And Wide And In Between This piece is currently featured in the “Whispering Colors” online exhibition @nuu_muse thank you so much again for including this piece in the exhibition!
View fullsize Is It Still A Fever Dream If You Don’t Have A Fever? Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20” 2024 This piece was inspired by a silly sketch. Swipe to check it out!
View fullsize Jumping For Joy As A King Acrylic on Canvas 10 x 8” 2024
View fullsize Over The Mountain Into The Wormhole 5” x 7” Mixed media on paper 2024
View fullsize Deer One 5” x 7” Mixed media on paper 2024
View fullsize Lift Me Up So I Can Grow Mixed Media on Paper 8” x 5” 2024
View fullsize Cute little abstract painting for today. 5” x 7” done in mixed media watercolors and colored pencils. Enjoy eclipse day today!
View fullsize Just wanted to announce I made my poetry book into a digital zine available to everyone! It’s available in a pdf file and you can name your price. All available on gumroad. The story is a metaphorical glimpse into parts of my psychosis episodes
View fullsize Running in Circles to Nowhere Fast Acrylic on Canvas 8” x 6” 2024 . . . #weirdartwork #illustration_art #characterbuilding #paintitbeautiful #inthewild #tryingtomakeit
View fullsize If this picture could talk. It was my senior year BFA show. I remember how proud I was of myself in that moment, while at the same time I was grappling with my mental health to varying degrees and with an uncertain bipolar diagnosis. Art was my refug
View fullsize Finally wanted to do a proper introduction while also showing off my purrty face! Sarah “Birdie” Niksa is the Bird Brain, creating a whimsical world of weirdness and wonder. Telling honest narratives of childhood reflections and themes o
View fullsize Couch Potato Eating Potato Chips Becomes Self Actualized Acrylic on Canvas 12” x 10” 2024
View fullsize “What Has Been Planted” is an artwork that communicates that out of chaos new life can be born and new seeds can take root. All abstract work has been very therapeutic for me and is a huge coping mechanism for me to express past trauma an
View fullsize “Hourglass” is a piece referencing that time is limited in our lives, but we can make the most out of what we have been given. In this chaotic and often what feels like a random string of events there is some kind of order and there is ho
View fullsize “Blooming” is a piece dedicated to a new season of life, a fresh start so to speak and the ability to grow from whatever life throws at you. Like spring blossoms new life after a harsh winter, new life springs from trials and tribulations
View fullsize The Wibbles series WIBBLE Verb 1) wobble; quiver 2) speak or write vaguely or at great lengths “Busy At Work During Work-time Working,” shows a Wibble with a name tag with their name crossed out at work in a world that doesn’t
View fullsize The Wibbles Series WIBBLE verb 1) Wobble; quiver 2) Speak or write vaguely or at great length “Dinnertime and Other World Events,” represents the inner struggle of mental illness, while the outer world goes through crises of its own. H
View fullsize The Wibbles Series WIBBLE verb 1) wobble; quiver 2) speak or write vaguely or at great length “Out The Window” is an art piece featuring one of my wibble creatures. It depicts the tension between being in a heightened, elevated state o
View fullsize It has been such a joy to create these abstract pieces once again. As many of you have know I was in a strange art block and couldn’t create the marks or forms I wanted to create. Now I can say I’m enjoying this weird and wonderful new ar

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