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PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS

PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS

May 26, 2025 By Administrator

A broad selection of Guy Kinnear's most Iconic works working with the Golem: Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures. …

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So here it is. Four years later. I have worked on

So here it is. Four years later.

I have worked on this painting on and off for the last four years.

Originally, I intended this to be a completely unashamedly joyful piece, created as we were coming out of the lockdown.

But the world kept burning, and the piece at the time felt shallow.

I put it away, pulled it out, put it away again.

It changed. Changed again.

And again.

I am finishing it here.

Still joyful, but more of a ‘NONETHELESS’.

The world burns. But nonetheless there is love, and joy, and wonder.

The single greatest act of rebellion I know.

Title: YET, IN THE FURNACE OF BABYLON, THE CHILDREN, TOGETHER, DANCED

Oil on Panel

36”x64”

#love #dance #celebration #furnace #treeoflife #agape #visionaryart #mystic #christianmysticism #surrealart #babel #golem #papertoy #resilliance #loveanyway #oilpainting #art

@joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One

@joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One of the few I know with the nerve control to cause isolated back muscles to "pop" when I am giving anatomy demonstrations.

But his poses are pure lyrical poetry as well!

#lifedrawing #gesturesketch #figuredrawing #figurativeart #figuresketching #lifemodeling #humanfigure

Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, a

Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, and going back through the portfolio and finding some of my favorite modeling sessions.

Ashley provided some powerful poses working with long drapery. Thank you Ashley!

#artistmodel #humanfigure #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketching #lifedrawing #figureandcloth

It's been way too long since I've sculpted with cl

It's been way too long since I've sculpted with clay. Don't know if this is just a one-time experiment, or the beginning of a new body of work. Still want to keep a close relationship between sculpture and painting no matter how I move forward.

I think this one is just begun, there's some love coming to this hardworking fellow.

#clayscupture #figurativeart #figurativesculture #humanfigure #claysketch #expressiveart

I have been working on this painting on and off, t

I have been working on this painting on and off, then on again, then off again… revised… put it away… pulled it back out… revised again…

for over 3 years now.

So much so I think I am going aesthetically blind to it.

Trying a new view, bring it to a different location with different light, flip it upside down, look at a mirror… anything! I want to land this son-of-lovin’-God-painting in the next week if I can!

#wip #paintinginprogress #oilpainting #artistlife #creativeprocess #justfinishitalready

The incomparable Chris V. (Sorry, don’t have his

The incomparable Chris V. (Sorry, don’t have his account or I would tag him) Gave some amazing, expressive poses to my class last night, playing figure and dramatic cloth!

#figuredrawing #figuresketching #humanfigure #figureandcloth #lifedrawing #lifesketching

Many thanks to @pose_with_keith who modeled for my

Many thanks to @pose_with_keith who modeled for my figure drawing class and came up with some inspiring figure/cloth/uniform poses! Great stuff happened across the classroom!

#figuresketching #figuredrawing #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclasses #humanfigure no

RAVEN’S BREAD. Oil on Panel, 21”X11.5” I am

RAVEN’S BREAD. Oil on Panel, 21”X11.5”

I am rolling on a much bigger project… but needed to jump-start the muse with a fast and fun composition. So I dug up an old paper figure from a previous commission, whipped out a paper raven, and put them both under a black light (second image) to do playful riff of an ancient narrative.

felt good.

#surrealistart #oilpainting #papertoy #golem #homunculus #expressiverealism #imaginativerealism #artistmodel #angel #warrior #raven #elijahandraven #mystic #mysticism #expressiveart

Always a joy to be back teaching Figure Drawing ag

Always a joy to be back teaching Figure Drawing again! Some of my favorite uber-fast demo drawings from the Muscle & Skeleton anatomy classes. With @joshuat.manion & @pose_with_keith

#figuredrawing #anatomystudies #muscledrawings #ecorché #humanfiguredrawing

WATCHING HERM Oil on Panel, 21”x11.5”. #imagi

WATCHING HERM
Oil on Panel, 21”x11.5”.

#imaginativerealism #surrealism #herm #visionaryart #mysticism #anthropocine #figurativeart #landscapepainting #watching

If your still searching for gifts, there is still

FALLOW STAG, oil on panel Just finished in time t

FALLOW STAG, oil on panel

Just finished in time to look back over 2024. I have started to compare Off-the-grid living to driving a 1966 Volkswagon Van... It just requires constant tinkering. And BOY have I ever tinkered on the land this year. New well pump, rebuilding inverters, expanded food growing, reworking solar panels, new batteries... Not as much time studio-painting, but lots of time land-creating.

So this one has been slow cooking as I have been creating: THE FALLOW STAG. It has been an apt point of meditation during a season when it seems like my creative studio has been allowed to “go fallow” while I put my energy elsewhere.

My thoughts on the creation of the piece in the comments below for the curious:

#oilpainting #painting #environmentalart #offthegridliving #figurativepainting #surrealistart #postcontemporaryart #magicrealism #visionaryart #expressiveart #golem #papertoy #fallowdeer #stag #mysticim #mysticart #serpent

The T-shirt and Gifts shop is open for business in

I WILL WAKE THE DAWN Over the last year, I have h

I WILL WAKE THE DAWN

Over the last year, I have had a lot of curiosity about the sculptures used to inspire my paintings.

Typically they are quire ephemeral, and rarely outlive the process of creating the painting. But there has been enough curatorial curiosity, I am reconsidering my process. This is my first exploration at making an archival paper golem.

I have a big project starting up in January (more to come on that later), and more of these archival sculptures curatorially interacting with the paintings are coming.

I am leaning fully into this new direction and can’t wait to see where it takes me!

#papersculpture #figurativesculpture #figurativeart #fisherman #humanfiguresculpture #humanfigure #dawn #art #visionaryart #imaginativeart #surrealistart

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y’ALL! Just

And now he has a partner! A very colorful fabric

And now he has a partner!

A very colorful fabrications on the way!

#maquette #papertoy #figurativesculpture #wip #figurativeart #sculpture

Coffee shop drawing... Feeling it this week #vis

Coffee shop drawing... Feeling it this week

#visionaryart #figureativedrawing #surrealism #sketchbook #humanfigure #sketch #drawing

Hello All, As promised, PAPER ARCHANGLE up on my

Hello All,

As promised, PAPER ARCHANGLE up on my Print Shop! I have had a lot of requests from fans to purchase a print... And now it is available.

Customizable sizes and surfaces, Prints start at $35.

Use the link in my bio.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/paper-archangel-guy-kinnear.html

#printforsale #magicrealism #surrealism #visionaryart #stmichael #saintmichael #angel #archangle #guardiananglel #poster #art #painting

This was one of my favorite paintings. I made it b

This was one of my favorite paintings. I made it back in 2016 during a major transition in my studio...

Then the famed GREAT DISASTER OF 2019 occurred, in the painting was horrifically damaged.

The image never let go of me, and at last I'm going back to repaint it. Now with almost a decade of deeper studies in light and color. And I think I'm loving it even more!

#workinprogress #wip #painting #oilpainting #healing #startingover #lovers #marriage #couples #surrealism #magicrealism #visionaryart

3 years… I was about to post and suddenly realiz

3 years… I was about to post and suddenly realized I have been working on this piece for 3 YEARS!

Not all in one go mind you. It started as an ecorche’ exercise in clay, which sat in a corner for a spell, then caught a vision for a painting. Then the painting sat in a dusty corner as other projects demanded attention.

Now it’s done! And I can feel something shifted in me and the studio.

I think I will call it:

G_D TAKES KING

#oilpainting #painting #environmentalart #figurativepainting #surrealistart #postcontemporaryart #magicrealism #visionaryart #expressiveart #creativeprocess #humanfigure #figurestudy #figurativeart #humanbody #artistmodel #artisticnude #ecorche #figuresculpture #caesar

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