American artist Scott Dykema paints surreal scenes and subjects in bold, visceral colors that are ingrained with improvised textures and an otherworldly perspective that evokes Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Animals, drawn with sharp, unusual patterns on their bodies, are portrayed in peculiar poses as they stand before alien backdrops of contrasting neons, pastels and earth tones. Dykema’s work tells the story of another place and another reality, one with only the faintest resemblance to our own.
Possessing a strong appreciation for the primordial, Dykema draws inspiration from cultures that revere nature, something reflected in the sense of spirituality in his work. He layers different materials — like ink, spray paint, acrylic and varnish — to create dynamic surfaces that enhance the surroundings of his extraordinary subjects.
Dykema graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Arlington. While there, he apprenticed as an assistant to a decorative artist. In 2001, Dykema and his wife, Anna, opened a decorative painting business, Daydream Studios, located in Arlington, Texas. They collaboratively work on an array of private and public art commissions for homes and businesses in the Texas area.
When not working at Daydream Studios,he paints inside an old school bus that he converted into a makeshift studio. His solo work includes illustrating the popular children’s book Keep Dreaming, as well as creating fine art inspired by his imagination.
Dykema boasts clientele from around the United States and internationally. Prestigious publications, such as 360 West and Luxe, have showcased his art, as have many galleries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
On 1stDibs, explore Scott Dykema’s mystifying mixed-media paintings.
A Seated Chief, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A contemporary portrait depicts an honorable man wearing a colorful feathered headdress against a starry night sky. His calm expression grounds the vibrant and ...
Mixed Media
A Decorated Geisha, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stylized female figure faces forward, her expression calm and regal. Bold colors, layered textures, and floral motifs adorn her hair and clothing. Graphic ele...
Mixed Media
Reverentially, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman closes her eyes in a deep meditative state, blending seamlessly with the background. A blue veil patterned with white and accented with bright orange fr...
Mixed Media
Gold Edges, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this mixed-media painting, artist Scott Dykema depicts a house seemingly floating above lush greenery, with hints of palm trees suggesting a sunlit, coastal ...
Mixed Media
Adoration of Lily, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A portrait features an angel with gold and silver wings, a glowing hairpiece, and a shimmering dress. The soft green and grey background highlights her bold pre...
Mixed Media
Crystal Clear, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Radiant and self-assured, this striking portrait is part of Scott Dykema’s ongoing series celebrating powerful women. Her gaze is direct and soulful, captur...
Mixed Media
Golden Horn, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A brawny bison stands against a vibrant, dreamlike landscape. Layers of brown add warmth to its dark-toned fur, while vivid blue strokes around its eye give i...
Mixed Media
In Flight Together, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two butterflies spread their wings, revealing intricate white patterns. Outlined with gold metal leaf, they glow softly against a vibrant turquoise background. ...
Mixed Media
Queen of the Sea, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A regal mermaid with flowing golden hair emerges from the water, her piercing gaze exuding mystery and power. Her shimmering scales reflect the light. A towerin...
Mixed Media
Red Flower, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Outlined in gold and covered in vibrant fiery colors, a bison stands boldly against a blue backdrop. Its eye conveys a sense of awareness as it shares a gentl...
Mixed Media
Prize Winner, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is a piece of art from Scott Dykema's horse series. In the artwork, the horse is depicted as a unique and significant animal. The image is full of striki...
Mixed Media
Persuasion on Pink, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Scott Dykema presents a portrait of a beautiful lady as part of his series of powerful women. The composition touches on combinations of beauty and str...
Mixed Media
With Orange Flowers, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of the artist Scott Dykema's series of works with the American Bison as the subject matter. He depicts the hefty animal standing firm in a verdant landsc...
Mixed Media
With Golden Clouds Raining Down, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Scott Dykema exhibits a hefty brown bison with a thick bushy mane. A psychedelic Aztec background in blue and red, with gold metallic accents draws int...
Mixed Media
Moonlit Travel, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Scott Dykema's series of the majestic bison. Mist clears in the dead of the night as an eye emerges from within wisps of bright vivid clouds. I...
Mixed Media
Grace, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A glowing portrait of a young woman by artist Scott Dykema. Part of Scott's series of bold, strong women, this piece is rich with heavy texture and dynamic us...
Mixed Media
Adversity's Light, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The light that comes with adversity is almost a badge of honor," states artist Scott Dykema. "A badge of honor that nature wears anonymously. It is a badge o...
Mixed Media
1990
Located in New York, NY
Rebecca Warren 1990 2007 Lithographic print on MDF, with pom-pom, cotton thread, wood shaving, twig, and wood chip 16 x 9 x 3 inches; 41 x 23 x 8 cm Edi...
Thread, Wood, Lithograph, Cotton, Mixed Media
Equilibres
By Peter Fischli & David Weiss
Located in New York, NY
Peter Fischli / David Weiss Equilibres 1984–85/2006 Limited-edition book with photograph in linen-bound portfolio Photograph: 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches; 31 x 23 cm Book: 9 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 7/8 inches; 24 x 20 x 2 cm Portfolio: 15 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches; 38 x 29 x 4 cm Edition of 60 Photograph signed and numbered in ink (lower verso) Book signed and numbered in graphite on title page For Equilibres, the well-known series of photographs from the mid-1980s, Peter Fischli and David Weiss balanced everyday household items on top of each other in an absurd equilibrium. The Equilibres photographs anticipate Fischli and Weiss...
Linen, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
$575
H 16 in W 12 in
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Collage Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media collage on paper by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for art...
Found Objects, Paper, Mixed Media
$4,740
H 33.08 in W 25.2 in D 11.82 in
"African Image" Large Assemblage African Red Blue Mask By Danish Jørgen Waring
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This large contemporary African-inspired mask assemblage is an eye-catcher. The sharp contrast between the bright red and deep blue colors has a powerful visual statement and awakens your senses immediately. It will be a very personal and thrilling curiosity to have hanging. The sculptural artwork is an assemblage made of mixed media. Within it, you will find horns, fur, claws, an animal skull, hair, feathers, wooden objects, hair, etc. All of it is assembled and mounted on a wooden showcase and topped with a plexiglass box. The assemblage is made by the internationally celebrated Danish artist and sculptor Jørgen Waring...
Mixed Media, Plexiglass
$5,000
H 15 in W 14 in
Untitled, Family in an Interior, Mexican 20th Century, Oil and sand on board
By Jesus Mariano Leuus
Located in New York, NY
Leuus’s interest in art began at a young age, and he later moved to Guadalajara, where he attended the Escuela de Artes Plásticas. This formal training in the traditions of Mexican a...
Board, Oil, Mixed Media
untitled
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pastel, colored pencil with collage elements Unsigned Condition: Repaired tear in the area of the moon, only visible from verso Pin holes in the corners and in the ...
Pastel, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
$3,100
H 28 in W 22 in D 0.75 in
The Virgen & Child, Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism, Modern Cuban Art, Surreal
By Brian Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. The Virgin and Child - La Virgen y Nino was recently painted by the Cuban artist Brian Sanchez in 2023. It is oil and mi...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$1,150
H 18 in W 12 in D 5 in
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Oil Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media object collage by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artis...
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Aleksandria
By Jessie Laura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessie Laura was born in Lima, Peru. She creates analog collages, using art to examine her everyday reality. "My work explores the workings of the mind. Nature, structure, paradoxe...
Mixed Media
Trees Mixed Media Painting
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
This mixed media painting by Henry Moore is a unique artwork created in 1980 using layers of watercolour, charcoal and gouache on paper. Moore has adopted his usual style to create t...
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Gouache
Jeepers Creepers
By Morgan Jesse Lappin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Analog Collage VoIce of Treason 12 x 12inches Collage on Paper Exhibition History: THE COLLAGE SHOW Morgan Jesse Lappin is a collage artist and curator based in Brooklyn. He seeks to explore the boundaries of collage, identify artists pushing the medium forward, and inspire others along the way. In 2013, he founded the Brooklyn Collage Collective, which consists of four core members: Morgan Jesse Lappin, Jessie Laura, Joseph Karwacki, and Michele Luger. The Brooklyn Collage Collective has worked and exhibited with other collage artists all over the world, including New York, London, Australia, and Italy. Lappin's art is a combination of comedy and chaos, with elements of music, vintage horror and sci-fi. His work ranges from seven-foot-long cartoon metropolises, to fictional album covers, to take-out Greek diner coffee cups embedded with video animations. He also uses nostalgic material from his childhood in the ‘90s, such as VHS Tape...
Mixed Media
Every1's a Winner
By Michele Luger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michele Luger addresses the unknown, the hidden away, and deep feelings of nostalgia, for a place or time you've never lived. In her collage work, she explores the ways in which we mask...
Mixed Media
Where Dreams Come True, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Scott Dykema takes a spin on pop art with the big bad wolf holding a giant fork as he drives a yellow car. Scott paints the pie...
Mixed Media
Vibrant Sky Bison, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Scott Dykema's series of the majestic bison. In this piece, Scott depicts the large animal against the bold and rich colors of the sunset. Gold l...
Mixed Media
Bright Light Cowboy Fight, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Drawing on Andy Warhol's famous painting 'Triple Elvis,' artist Scott Dykema offers a contemporary and humorous approach to the composition. Part of Scott's Antonyms series, combining text and imagery. Three glowing cowboys draw and fire their pistols out of the frame. At the top of the painting in all caps "BRIGHT LIGHT...
Mixed Media
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H 36 in W 36 in D 2.5 in
A Nighttime Checkered Horse With Wings, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of the Humble Horses With Wings series. It is the fifth piece in the series and depicts a horse taking flight in the dark of night.
About the Artist
Scott works out of a 1947 Chevrolet school bus that is parked permanently in his Texas backyard. His highly expressionistic, figurative work is reminiscent of contemporary street art, largely due to the inclusion of spray paint in his arsenal of media. Scott is inspired by images he comes across in books or in daily life. His bold statement pieces demonstrate artful yet fanciful interpretations of world cultures. Each painting, through its dynamic layers of color and metallics, presents a story that awaits the imaginative viewer.
Words that describe this painting: horse, wings, winged, flight, flying, night, evening, dark, checkered, Mckenzie Childs...
Mixed Media
Modern Day Matriarch, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece is heavily influenced by both the art of the Renaissance as well as the work of today," says artist Scott Dykema. "The woman featured is a strong ...
Mixed Media
Hopeful Modern Chief, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Scott Dykema's continuing series of Native American chiefs. "This piece is rich in color, texture and pattern," says Scott. "The chief projects...
Mixed Media