Feel the Rapture by Nick Beedles
Title: Feel the Rapture
Artist: Nick Beedles
Size: 300mm x 90mm
Nick Beedles Feel the Rapture, 2025 Mixed media on board With Feel the Rapture, Nick Beedles captures the electric intersection between spiritual ecstasy and emotional upheaval. This towering vertical piece features a looming cyan-blue skull emerging from a storm of expressive strokes and fragmented markings. Its raw, skeletal grin seems to echo through the layered textures, while the bold text “FEEL THE RAPTURE” commands attention—less a title, more a dare. The palette is urgent and unapologetic: crimson reds, chalky whites, and ice blues collide and bleed into one another, mimicking both divine light and emotional combustion. At the bottom, childlike line drawings of skeletons, tic-tac-toe grids, and repeated numeric symbols add a touch of innocence and coded mystery. These layers feel lived-in, like psychic graffiti scrawled in the aftermath of revelation. This work speaks to those moments when transformation strikes like lightning—violent, purifying, unavoidable. It’s a piece that doesn’t just ask to be seen, but felt. For collectors, Feel the Rapture is a visceral and unforgettable statement, perfect for anchoring a contemporary collection with something bold, spiritual, and unmistakably alive.
Artist profile
Nick Beedles — Artist Bio Nick Beedles is a contemporary visual artist whose explosive, graffiti-infused canvases explore the tension between chaos and clarity, life and decay. Working primarily with mixed media on canvas, Beedles conjures visceral portraits of human fragility through recurring motifs of skulls, street symbology, and layered text. His work is an electrifying collision of neo-expressionism, street art, and punk ethos—echoing the influence of Basquiat and the raw immediacy of urban culture. A self-taught artist based in the UK, Beedles began his creative journey in video games and graphic design before transitioning to painting as a way to channel personal catharsis and cultural critique. His work is characterized by vibrant colour clashes, aggressive brushwork, and scrawled messages—often cryptic, always charged. In pieces like It’s Go Time, and The Sky Grew Quiet, Beedles confronts themes of mortality, urgency, and inner conflict with a fearless aesthetic that’s both confrontational and deeply human. Each painting serves as a visual diary—part protest, part poem—reflecting Beedles’ desire to make sense of a fractured world through raw, unfiltered creation. His pieces don't ask for permission; they demand attention. Nick Beedles’ work has been featured in group shows and private collections, and continues to attract collectors and curators drawn to his unapologetic style and authentic voice.
