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Naomi Czupryna
I am an Army combat veteran. I deployed twice to Baghdad, Iraq in charge of convoys within the city. During my second deployment, I was wounded and sent home to heal broken bones. On that day, June 6, 2011, five Soldiers died from massive explosions all around our base in the early morning hours. Some had been in the shower and run to a bunker wrapped in a towel. I was knocked unconscious. One more died in Boston after being transferred during our flight over the Atlantic.
I’ve seen therapists and been given medications to help with the anxiety and depression of having survived. I’ve struggled. I’ve fought. I’ve nearly died. I’ve survived, barely alive. But it wasn’t until nearly a decade after the events of my trauma that I read a story that inspired me to pick up a paintbrush. Each swipe of the brush has helped me heal. I can’t tell you enough how painting has made me feel alive when I was slowly dying inside.
I’m an oil over mixed media artist. The majority of my work starts with a charcoal sketch covered with inks and acrylic paint, then finished with a coat of oil paint to bring the work to life. I will sometimes include collage, spray paint, or gold leaf if the work calls for that medium.
Whether through brushstroke, story, or symbolic design, my work is an act of reclamation. I believe in the power of unfinished things and the quiet courage it takes to keep becoming.
Most of my work starts with an acrylic base and oil to finish, but some of my pieces will have collage work or cover an old painting that wasn’t just right. Those are the special ones. The ones that started as something else and became the beautiful work you finally get to see. In that way, my work is like a life that took an unexpected turn.
Message of Hope: Take one day at a time when you are in despair. And know I’m
rooting for you, no matter who you are.
Contact
IG: naomicz | email: nrczupryna@outlook.com | Based in Cape Cod, MA
Naomi Czupryna 2026 Selected Works
What the Light Carried
36”x36” oil over reclaimed canvas
This piece is all about transformation and growing into your absolute best self. The blue butterfly is a rare beauty. One that should be treasured always. You are that blue butterfly.
Silent Alchemy
24"x30" oil over reclaimed canvas
I find the audacity to look deep within and know I need work. There are things only I can work on, no one can help me. That is the silent alchemy of becoming a better human being.
The Weight of Stillness
30”x40” oil over reclaimed canvas
When we are still, there’s so much that comes through. It’s hard to be still, to sit with your thoughts and to see them. You are stronger than the weight you carry.
Safe Beginnings
12”x12” oil over acrylic on canvas
Starting new and fresh can feel daunting,
but we must sometimes. And like a fawn grows into the powerful stag, so shall we rule over our own world. But first we are the fawn.
Forward Thinking
12”x12” oil over acrylic on canvas
We think about our futures and how to get there, but to achieve it all, we have to be opportunistic and cautious like the fox. Bright, but patient. Cunning, but swift.
Oh Wanderer Come Home
36”x36” oil over reclaimed canvas
Wild horses run far and fast, but
if you go in the wrong direction you forget how to get back to the herd. The herd needs you to support and secure as the community needs your input and strengths to make us all better. Don’t forget the way home.
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Naomi Czupryna 2025 Selected Works
Serene Reflections
36x36 inch canvas. Oil over mixed media.
This piece was created in the middle of the night after waking up from a nightmare. It’s about finding peace in
the middle of some of the worst moments in life and knowing you will thrive anyway.
Persistence Embodied
24x36 inch canvas. Oil over mixed media.
This work is about overcoming insurmountable obstacles, including your own limiting beliefs. It can seem
absolutely impossible, but when you stop thinking about it and just start moving
forward, one step, one hand-hold, one breath at a time, you are climbing over that mountain. And nothing can stop you.
Constant Friend
12x16 inch canvas. Oil over mixed media.
This work is for anyone that has had to remake themselves in fire and come back stronger. You are made of
steel and will never break. There is also a small part of me that believes we are guided by a guardian angel to be this better, stronger version of ourselves. This painting is both me and that angel, my constant friend.
Guardian of Wonder
12x16 inch canvas. Oil over mixed media.
This piece is a work to show the constant love to give yourself and to guard your inner child, that part of
yourself that finds beauty and awe-inspiring moments in this world.