Guy Colwell: Go Figure - Figurative Social Surrealist Paintings

Go Figure collects 44 “social surrealist” figurative paintings, spanning 1987–2023.
All are in eye-popping color: many depict a crowd in observational tableaux, each figure a character by virtue of dress, body language, and interactions with each other, animals, and their setting.
Other paintings reflect Colwell’s wide travels, and still others are surreal — such as “Junior and the Legs” (2023), which shows a young man strumming a guitar on stage, accompanied by disembodied women’s limbs.
Each image has a narrative and a moral purpose — often, one figure bravely moves forward, despite a hostile crowd.
In Guy Colwell’s world, no individual could ever be an island, just another part of a rich ecosystem.