About the artist
Dylan Sell
I'm a Chicago-based painter exploring emotion, identity, and being human through expressive portraiture, color, and surreal imagery.
How I work
As a nurse in critical care, I spend a lot of time with people. I see people on their worst days- sit down, talk to them. I think everyone has something that makes us have meaning and worth and my work really evolves with that. They are a celebration of the human experience.
Often times you can find me painting at Hollywood Beach. I love the energy of painting outside. Near a community of everyone being themselves.
I am always exploring new subject matter but am uniquely drawn to faces, you can infer so much by looking at someone's eyes. I love color and the ideas that we attach to different colors and palettes.
Interested in a commission?
I take on a limited number of commissions each year. If you have a project in mind — a portrait, a specific subject, or something harder to name — I'd love to hear from you.
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