Valton Tyler

Brow Ye Ye Bam

1976

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...

About Barnaby Fitzgerald’s work, the scholar Frederick Turner writes, “Fitzgerald’s outrageously gorgeous paintings are a guilty pleasure - yet the guilt is unnecessary, for they do ...

In lushly-colored paintings, Mark Messersmith creates dense narratives packed with animals, birds, plants, and insects that express his concern for the shrinking world they inhabit. ...

Signed "P. Bisiaux" at lower right The overall dimensions, including the frame, are 29 x 34 7/8 inches

In her work, Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience. Gildersleeve...

Robin Hextrum's "Still Life for a Human Epoch" is an original, handmade oil painting that features a still life of fruit, Peony's and artifacts of wealth floating on icebergs in an ...

Sybiline's (CAN based) "Afternoon Delight" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Sphynx cat eyeing a pink teacup with milk and plate with a w...

SORCERER'S BISCUIT is a new oil on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 16x20" and is a unique artwork. Note the artist's vocabulary present here – the young girl in early 20th century clothes holding the chewed biscuit; on poles either side of her what looks like a wolf in top hat, and a queen with crown. The wolf and queen are dimensional though appear as garish silhouettes – setting up a duality, a dream, a magic spell... Tony Geiger has said his paintings take you to a certain place, but you have to find your own way back. The world he creates encompasses both classical surrealism and more contemporary concerns. Conflict is usually present. These mischievous juxtapositions make statements on the human condition – either politically, physically or spiritually. Geiger wants the viewer to be challenged and amused by this mixture of the macabre and the playful. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, New York and a longtime NYC resident, Tony Geiger still considers himself a transplanted Californian. He has exhibited paintings at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, the Barbican Centre in London, England, Miami Projects at Art Basel, Ceres Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, and he was accepted into The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Tony Geiger lives in Carroll...

TOUR (GIANT) is a new oil on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 50x40" and is a unique artwork. A classic Gei...

"CHILDREN OF THE SUN", 2019, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 47x62". Characteristic of the artist's best work, it features a group of four contemporary strong-man heads of state portrayed in a child's garden of dangerous toys – from plastic ray-guns to nuclear warheads. Putin, barechested on his black unicorn, is blowing bubbles that float throughout this fascist paradise. Trump and Netanyahu appear at the end of a rainbow looking both grumpy and sinister. And Kim Jong...

"EYE CHECK, 2008, is a surrealist oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 66x47". At once vulnerable and defiant – a nude woman sits u...