About

Sean Yelland brings a contemporary lens to high realism. Building on leading
artists of previous generations such as Andrew Wyeth, Jack Chambers, Christopher
Pratt, and Alexander Colville, Yelland fills his works with a cinematic tension.
There is an electric feeling that something is just about to happen. In The Dive a
poolside patio is empty except for a flipped over book and drink on a table. In
Top of the Valley, one of Yelland’s most surreal paintings in this collection, part
of a figure is shown walking up stairs; but to where? In No Exit, a shadowy figure
looms behind a door set in a back …