Starling World
"Happy" — Original Mixed-Media Painting
"Happy" — Original Mixed-Media Painting
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1 OF 1 — ORIGINAL — NEVER REPRODUCED
The most complicated emotion, rendered in every medium at once.
"Happy" is not a simple painting. MoniKa Starling built this 24" × 30" cotton canvas in 2020 — a year that made the word feel earned, ironic, necessary. She reached for everything: oil sticks for weight, pastels for drift, crayon for the part of joy that is still childlike, pen and markers to insist on a line when feeling alone wasn't enough.
The result is a surface that rewards time. Each layer was applied in sequence and in tension, the mediums fighting and then settling. There is warmth here, but it is not naïve. You are looking at the full complexity of a feeling most people compress into a single syllable.
This is a singular object. When it sells, it is gone.
"I wasn't painting happiness as a destination — I was painting what it actually looks like up close, which is messier and more alive than you'd expect." — MoniKa
Specs
- Title: Happy
- Year: 2020
- Medium: Oil sticks, pastels, crayon, pen, markers on cotton canvas
- Dimensions: 24" × 30"
- Edition: 1 of 1 — Original
- Signed & dated by MoniKa Starling on the reverse
What's Included
- Original signed painting on cotton canvas
- Certificate of Authenticity (hand-signed by MoniKa Starling)
- Ships flat in rigid archival board and foam-lined crate packaging, fully insured
- Framing options available upon inquiry — contact us before purchase
About the artist
About the artist
MoniKa Starling is a DJ, singer, and multi-disciplinary visual artist, and the founder of Starling World. Her work spans painting, digital drawing, music, and fashion — all made or directed from her studio in Los Angeles. She is also Creative Director at Best Sound LA, with 300+ events across 30+ markets.
Shipping & care
Shipping & care
All orders ship from Los Angeles with tracking. Original artwork is professionally packed — allow 5–10 business days for careful packing, with signature on delivery. Prints, apparel, accessories, and beauty ship within 5–10 business days. International delivery typically 7–21 business days. Questions: starlingworld@icloud.com — we reply within 48 hours.
Authenticity
Authenticity
Every original painting and drawing is a one-of-one, signed and dated by MoniKa Starling, and ships with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity. Originals are never reproduced at original scale — when a piece sells, it is gone.
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