99 plus NFTs are a line of digital artworks soon to be minted on the blockchain. Each collection is based on a single, physical piece of art of the 99plus series, fusing street photography with elements of painting.

The original artwork for the first NFT collection of this line is the artwork 99plus Store. It is the headlining piece of the series and overall line.

An artwork by artist Chris Aysele called 99plus Store, which is a digital photograph of an American 99 cent store painted over with colorful acrylic paint.
99plus series // 2010 // digital photograph x acrylic paint

Inspired by an ever-changing environment, the resilience and creativity of a hardened society, the artwork 99plus Store itself was created in a time long gone, back then in 2010…More than a decade later it will inevitably evolve further to serve its purpose of creation.

99 creations have been digitally handcrafted through various modes of color manipulation, each based on the original artwork. Divided into 11 clusters, each cluster is a world of its own, consisting of 9 artworks each with different color combinations.

Overview of the digital artworks by artist Chris Aysele based on a mixed-media artwork called 99plus Store, which is a digital photograph of an American 99 cent store painted over with colorful acrylic paint and has been redefined through color modulation.
99plus line // 2023 // digitized artworks x arithmetic color modulation

A promise of insatiable abundance looms where things seem scarce. It may be that things are uncovered that have lain dormant in the past.

Each of the 99 creations is a reinterpretation of the original, revealing hidden facets of the artwork through arithmetic methods of color manipulation, such as multiplying swatches of color. The colors of the individual artworks were used as the color basis for the following creations.

A digital artwork by artist Chris Aysele based on a mixed-media artwork called 99plus Store, which is a digital photograph of an American 99 cent store painted over with colorful acrylic paint and has been redefined through color modulation.A digital artwork by artist Chris Aysele based on a mixed-media artwork called 99plus Store, which is a digital photograph of an American 99 cent store painted over with colorful acrylic paint and has been redefined through color modulation.
99plus line // 2023 // digitized artwork x arithmetic color modulation

Captured from the fluent present, manifested in humble physical form, expanded into multiplicity.

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