Large-Eyed Glances

Daisy Sheff

BornNationalityBased In
1996N/AInverness, California
Biography

Daisy Sheff describes her paintings as existing in the realm of “the amoral, the wild, the left-hand path”. Her fauvist orange, pink, green and purple narratives depict fairytale-like intimate portrayals of scenes full of bizarre patterns, dreamy silhouettes and expressions. The confusion of the perspective with background twisting with foreground and brightness with paleness, accentuates the imaginary space of her paintings. Such space exists within its own fantastical logic, one which embraces randomness and haphazardness. The artist, born in 1996 and based in California, develops her own language which turns the real-life origins of her paintings into the abstract eccentricity of her colour and layout. Sheff’s interest in the theatrical and folk narratives is remininest of her art historical inspirations, such as artists Roy De Forest and Florine Stettheimer. ...

Selected Artworks
What a Dazzling Pair of Hoofs, Old Man!
Daisy Sheff
What a Dazzling Pair of Hoofs, Old Man! , 2021
152.4 x 152.4cm
Took My Lizard to a Party (Chatter Box)
Daisy Sheff
Took My Lizard to a Party (Chatter Box) , 2021
157.48 x 127cm
Like Eggs Under a Black Crow
Daisy Sheff
Like Eggs Under a Black Crow, 2021
76.2 x 91.44cm
Lemon Nest in His Shaggy Flanks
Daisy Sheff
Lemon Nest in His Shaggy Flanks, 2021
152.4 x 142.24cm
I Hear Cowbells (Path)
Daisy Sheff
I Hear Cowbells (Path), 2023
178 x 214cm
Treasure Chest with buttons, peace belt buckles from Dirty Harry, figure in profile with a letter (which I might get rid of)
Daisy Sheff
Treasure Chest with buttons, peace belt buckles from Dirty Harry, figure in profile with a letter (which I might get rid of), 2023
142.2 x 111.8cm
Two squash heads under a wave
Daisy Sheff
Two squash heads under a wave, 2023
142.2 x 111.8cm
Waterfall Head
Daisy Sheff
Waterfall Head, 2024
76.2 x 61cm
Crying Princess With Bloodthirsty Literature
Daisy Sheff
Crying Princess With Bloodthirsty Literature, 2023
117 x 81.5cm
Large-Eyed Glances
Daisy Sheff
Large-Eyed Glances, 2022
50.8 x 40.6cm
Stripe Window
Daisy Sheff
Stripe Window, 2023
45.7 x 30.5cm
I’m on an Island
Daisy Sheff
I’m on an Island, 2024
30.5 x 22.9cm
Gallery Representation
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