Syd Bee - “Sweet Phantom”

March 2nd- 30th 2024

Opening night reception Saturday March 2nd 6-8pm Artist in Attendance

We are very excited to welcome painter Syd Bee to the gallery for her solo show "Sweet Phantom". This show is influenced the lurid delights of horror cinema imagery and the lowbrow pop aesthetics of mid century comics that focused on the campily macabre. This show focuses on the femme fatale side of horror, with a series of inviting, lushly painted heads seductively greeting you. You may not make it through the encounter with these ladies, but you'll enjoy it!
This show will feature seven new paintings and a new print available on opening night. The print will be offered online the following week.

"As a person who is naturally drawn to darker subjects, I adore stories of lost love, mystery and death. Bright, radiating colors are particularly appealing to me, and I find them to be powerfully psychological and emotional. In my own work I enjoy marrying moody concepts with vibrant palettes. I find the effect can be dreamlike and otherworldly.

While working on these paintings, I embraced the pleasure of horror, glamour, and kitsch– referencing familiar motifs from cinema and literature. The title of the show “Sweet Phantom” is both a nod to those mysterious and chilling stories, and has also become a kind of term of endearment– an expression of my fondness for all things stylishly weird, eerie, and supernatural." - Syd Bee

Please just contact us to get larger images , detail images, or a video walk around of a piece! Scroll to bottom of page to see a video of Syd talking about her influences!