G. Campbell Lyman is a prolific collector of works by lesser heralded artists and an accomplished abstract painter in his own right. Lyman’s own abstract paintings and watercolors comprise repeating patterns of irregular circles, rectangles, whorls and cellular forms painted with thick brushstrokes in vivacious hues.
Lyman grew up in New Orleans, where he started collecting and making his art as a teenager. When he was around 30 years old, he began traveling to discover and sell undervalued art, living in various places in the United States and Europe.
Eventually, he returned to New Orleans and opened Guy Lyman Fine Art on the city’s famous Magazine Street. He operated the gallery for several years before moving his business entirely online in the late 2010s. Lyman divides his inventory into four sections: 19th- and early 20th-century art, modern and contemporary art, New Orleans and Louisiana art, and finally, his own creations.
Lyman cites "painterly" painters like Robert Rauschenberg, Sean Scully, Cy Twombly and Julian Schnabel — as well as movements such as Pop art and Abstract Expressionism — as having influenced his work. He is less concerned about the forms on the canvas and more about the paint’s texture, color and line, as well as the negative space around it. He appreciates and creates art that shows the presence of the artist's hand.
Lyman's work is held in art collections from California and Aspen to London and Beirut. He strives to keep his prices affordable for a broader demographic of collectors.
On 1stDibs, find G. Campbell Lyman paintings, drawings, mixed media and more.
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$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 36 in
Santa Fe Series #6 (Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement "College tuitions are headed my way, so I am letting go of some things I held on to from the past. This is from my Santa Fe series, the only one I have left. To m...
Oil, Acrylic
Gridish #31 (Framed Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you will see others in this series come up) (Comes framed in a maple high-profile "floater" frame.) Artist’s Statement: ...
Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Acrylic
$1,600
H 26 in W 19.5 in
"Flowers Never Seen #12" - Framed Contemporary Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “I have been an abstract painter for over 30 years, and I can't exactly say what caused me to one night go to the studio and paint flowers, of all things. But of ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 25.5 in
Transigent (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes professionally framed in a solid maple floater frame, ready to hang) Artist's Statement "This series of intensely colorful paintings was begun a couple of years back in reaction to the gray oppressive weight that had descended like a pall on the American scene. I wanted to make paintings about nothing but pure delight, in honor of the fact that beneath the fog of germs and political antagonism, we still eat, laugh, love and if we're wise, acknowledge how spectacularly fortunate we are -- at least for now, in this time and place, despite the problems. For me, the colors, forms and brushstrokes here feel exuberant without suggesting an unnerving chaos. I have purposely used unlikely color combinations that despite their dissonance seem to work together. I don't feel this is a time to be making brooding works that reflect the problems we are working our way through; we all know about this. On the contrary, I think it's a time for art...
Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic
$1,260Sale Price|30% Off
H 40 in W 30 in
Large Gridish #25 (Large Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you can view other paintings in this series) Artist’s Statement: “As I often do, I chose a very simple form to work with ...
Lacquer, Charcoal, Acrylic
$1,600
H 26 in W 19.5 in
"Flowers Never Seen #10" - Framed Contemporary Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “I have been an abstract painter for over 30 years, and I can't exactly say what caused me to one night go to the studio and paint flowers, of all things. But of ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
$1,600
H 26 in W 19.5 in
"Flowers Never Seen #11" - Framed Contemporary Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “I have been an abstract painter for over 30 years, and I can't exactly say what caused me to one night go to the studio and paint flowers, of all things. But of ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
Jetsam (Framed Abstract Contemporary Painting)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes ready to hang in a professional floater frame. Dimensions given are with frame. Artist's Statement: "I am revisiting a series of paintings I did back in 2015 (long since sold...
Charcoal, Mixed Media, House Paint, Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
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| $998 |
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| $375-$1,500 |
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