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Kyle Bates

northern lights dancing around lighthouse

northern lights dancing around lighthouse

¥471,279 JPY
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A painting of a lighthouse in upper peninsula of Michigan! Image is a painting of a bear trampoline through the woods and pops out on a falling tree . He comes out next to a lighthouse which has a band of northern lights dancing around the top in the sky. The painting has a fresco fell with the use of mud mixed with paint for texture and depth.

Artwork Details

Artist:
Kyle Bates
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Year Created:
2026
Dimensions:
24 × 24 in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
Beacon in the Night is organized around the lighthouse’s pale, tapering shaft, which rises as the brightest vertical in a dusk-dark field and immediately commands the eye. Bates builds the surface with dense texture and a fresco-like skin, using mud mixed into paint to give the sky, trees, and structure a weathered, earthen presence that reads as both image and object. The palette joins cold whites and blues to moss greens, rust oranges, maroon shadows, and a luminous aurora band that arcs across the top of the composition, setting the work between naturalism and stylized narrative painting. In its mythic woodland subject, compressed perspective, and tactile surface, the painting enters into conversation with folk narrative traditions and the layered, material-rich language of contemporary mixed media.
Tags:
mixed media,acrylic,textured surface,fresco,lighthouse,bear,northern lights,narrative landscape,folk surrealism,night sky

About Kyle Bates

Kyle Bates, based in New Palestine, IN, creates original artwork available to collect on Art Emerge, an AI-powered marketplace for artists and collectors.

Key Facts

  • Location: New Palestine, IN

For a decade, I have devoted my life to nurturing young minds as a scoutmaster, and this enriching experience often finds its way into my art. My educational background is grounded in fine arts, with an Associate and Bachelor's degree in the field. I am an abstract impressionist painter who delights in using vibrant colors, varied textures, and layered patterns. My mixed media artworks are not merely visual experiences; they are narrative threads spun from my encounters with the natural world. In my formative years, I had the privilege of working with a renowned sculptor based in Memphis during my college days. His blueprints were my canvas, and metals of all kinds my paint. I honed my skills in welding and finishing pieces, but it was the art of patinas that truly captivated me, thanks to my background in painting.

Artist Statement

In my artistic journey, my overarching vision is to create an immersive experience for viewers, inviting them to delve deeply into the vibrant colors and evocative images I curate. My creative process begins with the collection of mental images, often derived from personal experiences. These images, initially anchored in reality, gradually morph and metamorphose, taking on a more abstract form - a testament to the transformative power of artistic interpretation.

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