Electric Coffin

Fast Dance

2022

Artist Statement-"I work in mixed media, laying down layers of spray paint, pencil, and traditional oil wash on wood or canvas before bringing in photography or other elements that c...

Artist Statement-"I work in mixed media, laying down layers of spray paint, pencil, and traditional oil wash on wood or canvas before bringing in photography or other elements that c...

Artist Statement-"I work in mixed media, laying down layers of spray paint, pencil, and traditional oil wash on wood or canvas before bringing in photography or other elements that c...

This is a very active and textured painting in a vertical composition. There are multiples collages on a blue background. The main focus is a person in red holding a a black star, along with other figures and lit up homes. Paint also drips down that canvas. At the bottom of the painting is a grey Saturn. To see more images of this piece, please message us. Casey McGlynn grew up in rural Ontario, where he would sit in front of the television and draw on old grocery bags and scrap paper tirelessly, creating self-taught surrealist pop art. McGlynn attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, however, he was not enrolled in the visual arts. McGlynn’s work contains reoccurring symbols such as animals from his upbringing, birds from his studio window sill and numbers that derive from when he memorized math tables in his early years. McGlynn’s work is as much about revealing the truth and expressing emotions as it is about documenting actual fact. His paintings reach into a wealth of historical influence and skill. Creating symphonic glyphs on rudimentary, raw quilt-like patterns, the works simultaneously evoke rural Southern quilts...

"By placing figures into fantastical landscapes, I allow the viewer a glimpse into what might be reality, or not. This practice allows me to push the boundaries of what a past/presen...

"By placing figures into fantastical landscapes, I allow the viewer a glimpse into what might be reality, or not. This practice allows me to push the boundaries of what a past/presen...

Stoyanov's paintings have a fresco-like quality, the taut surface of the canvas polished to a fine smooth finish. The work has a very clean edge and does not require framing. His wor...

Translucent layers of periwinkle, blue and steel-grey compose the background of this rich and energetic painting. Dragged horizontally across the canvas are thick bands of black, wh...

The painting is based on a real confrontation provoked by chainsaw wielding Proud Boys in a Toronto park. Strategically executed bullet holes pierce the canvas creating a tension bet...

The slightly rectangular canvas is divided sharply in two: the upper half is painted in a rich navy blue highlighted with light blue strips; the lower is a narrative dominated by a collaged horizontal plinth of red-orange beneath which is sealed a braid of sweet grass...

A shock of saturated orange dominates the canvas in this dramatic mixed media composition from Ivo Stoyanov. Thickly applied visible brush strokes add texture and the white backgroun...

An angled shape in canary yellow floats on a ground of dove grey and black in this mixed media abstract composition. Stoyanov's paintings have a fresco-like quality, the taut surface...