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Destroyed

Szonja Petra Kovács September 23, 2026 No Comments

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Untitled

Karan Kalha September 22, 2026 No Comments

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Silent Sin

Szabolcs Saigi September 21, 2026 No Comments

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Of Monsters and Man: Herman Webster Mudgett

Robert J. Perry September 21, 2026 No Comments

The title frames the painting as a confrontation between humanity and monstrosity, not in the literal sense, but in the psychological and historical one. Herman Webster Mudgett (H.H. Holmes) becomes a symbolic anchor: a real figure whose legacy embodies manipulation,

From Hell with Love

Robert J. Perry September 21, 2026 No Comments

The Dark Artist’s piece sits firmly in the realm of gritty painterly realism, the style he has been developing, thick, assertive strokes, a tactile sense of weight, and a cinematic darkness that feels lived‑in rather than stylized.

The Tranquil Basin

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

This drawing was made in 2005 and marks an early moment when my work began to move away from academic study and toward a personal visual language. Rather than depicting existing animals or landscapes,

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The Solar Lion & The Summer Frame

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

The lion stands in the season of its dominion, where light is longest and shadow is brief. Its force is not in motion, but in presence — a contained radiance,

View of Late Summer Trees

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

Late summer trees gather along the water’s edge, their leaves shifting from green to gold and rust. The dry California landscape stretches beyond them, while the shoreline holds onto its shade and greenery.

Excavation of Memory

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

Excavation of Memory brings fossil remains, mineral deposits, and tangled vegetation into a landscape beneath a burning orange sky. In the foreground, a creature’s exposed skeleton lies among curling growths and encrusted stone.

Across the Summer Water

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

Painted during an artist residency at Whiskeytown and later exhibited in collaboration with the de Young Museum, this oil painting follows the movement of summer water beneath forested hills. Repeated blue brushstrokes carry ripples across the canvas,

Stinson Marshes

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

Stinson Marshes depicts the wetlands near Stinson Beach, where narrow channels of water wind through low coastal vegetation. Bands of blue, green, and ochre stretch across the painting, following the tidal patterns that continually reshape the boundary between water and land.

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The Hermits

Gregory Dalton September 20, 2026 No Comments

In The Hermits, St. Anthony and St. Paul meet in the desert, seated between a rough wooden fence and the plants growing around them. Anthony’s blue robes fall in heavy folds;

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