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Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

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Artist with a studio in Sheffield, UK. Tutor at the Open College of the Arts. Available for mentoring / tutorials. PhD from Sheffield Hallam in 2016. All views my own, and so on. No NFTs. No AI.

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Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

I currently have an exhibition of credit card-sized paintings of UFOs showing at the TAG and Tinier Gallery in Wisconsin, curated by @hbuchholzart.bsky.social. Photos by Mark Byart #art #ufo #tinypaintings #wisconsin

Photograph of tiny, colourful paintings of UFOs being looked at in a Doll's House sized gallery by people, one person standing in a pink suit and another in a yellow shirt in a wheelchair.

Photograph of tiny, colourful paintings of UFOs being looked at in a Doll's House sized gallery by people, one person standing in a red top and blue jeans and and another in burgundy top and blue shorts and using crutches.

Photograph of a Doll's House sized gallery, populated with lots of by people, looking at paintings.

Photograph of tiny, colourful paintings of UFOs being looked at in a Doll's House sized gallery by a person standing in a yellow top and brown trousers, using a walking frame.

March 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Sometimes - often, in fact- it’s the whimsical thing made instead of leaving the studio early that is worth having.

This canvas has previously been home to countless images / layers.

‘Tower of Babel’

#art #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #babel #tower #towerofbabel #sheffield #sheffieldissuper

March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Four Acrylic Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

130mm x 90mm

#art #acryliconpaper #contemporarypainting #contemporarybritishpainting #acrylicpainting #blocstudios #sheffield #sheffieldissuper

Colourful medieval -style painting of a
Saint with a white and blue ray of light coming from his mouth.

Cartoon style painting of a man’s head that looks flayed, but with an explosion of coloured rays coming out of the top of his head.

Painting of a crudely sculpted gargoyle-like face.

Painting of a white tree-like motif in a black circle surrounded by slabs of colour bounded with black lines, a bit like a stained-glass window.

February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

‘Watchtower’

Acrylic on Paper

125mm x 90mm

#art #acryliconpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #watchtower

Painting of a silhouetted red watchtower on a bright green and yellow background.

January 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

‘Visitor’

Acrylic on Paper

125mm x 90mm

#art #acryliconpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #visitor

Painting of a silhouetted figure seen through a network of coloured lines. A bit like a stained glass window in reverse.

January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Two Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Painting of an alien like v-shaped mask on a red background. Based on one seen in ‘The Martian Chronicles’.

Painting of a strange two-headed creature. One is a bald human male, the other is a box shaped thing.

January 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Three Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Painting of a farm building’s doorway, taken from a painting of Watendlath by Dora Carrington.

Painting in red and pink of a diagrammatic heart on a yellow background.

January 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

‘Ouroboros’

Acrylic on Paper

125mm x 90mm

#art #acryliconpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #ouroboros

Painting of a fox-like figure eating its own tail, painted in white lines on a green and yellow geometric background.

January 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Three Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Painting of a hand taken from a medieval religious painting.

Painting of a bulbous, tree-like structure in a red room.

January 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Two Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Green painting of a head in a cubist style.

Painting of a Roman votive offering of male genitalia.

Painting of a diagram of a green climbing frame on a fiery background.

Painting of a giant red hat taken from a fresco by Piero della Franceso.

January 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Two Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Monochrome painting of a man with an eye mask on. Based on a still from ‘La Jetée’.

Monochrome painting of a climbing frame based on a still from ‘Let the Right One In’.

January 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Four Credit Card Sized Paintings

Acrylic on Paper

#acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #art #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #contemporarypainting

Painting of a Greek sculpture of a small child wearing a mask of a bearded man.

A not very realistic painting of lungs and heart.

January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

It might be this (honourable mentions include Seven Samurai and Rashomon).

What I really like about Downfall is that the Nazis lose. I mean, they really lose.

January 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

'UFO 44’ - THE LAST ONE!

Credit card sized acrylic painting

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #acrylicpainting #acryliconpaper

Painting of green UFO with lots of cross hatching on it.

January 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

'UFO 43’

Credit card sized acrylic painting

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #acrylicpainting #acryliconpaper

Painting of a purple UFO that is like an upturned cone, on a yellow background.

January 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

'UFO 42’

Credit card sized acrylic painting

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #acrylicpainting #acryliconpaper

Painting of a purple spotted lilac UFO on a burgundy background.

January 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM

Bryan Eccleshall

@eccleshall1965.bsky.social

Thank you @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social for writing The Invention of British Art. Just read the final two chapters. The first of which is complex and deep, while the final one is pithy and climactic, building on all that has gone before. A triumph, sir. Congratulations.