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Bemused invites viewers into a world of curiosity, introspection, and unexpected perspective. Featuring work by Lily Formato, the collection moves between personal memory, identity, place, humor, anxiety, and the strange beauty of everyday experience.
Through expressive paintings and unconventional subject matter, Bemused embraces the moments that leave us captivated, confused, nostalgic, or simply looking a little closer. Each work offers a glimpse into a story—some deeply personal, others playful—but all rooted in the experience of being human.
Explore Bemused and discover the stories within each piece.
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All PaintingsLily FormatoThings get dirty eventually
$290.00$290.00Lily Formato | 2026Wool and oil on raw canvas24 × 12 in. Things Get Dirty Eventually explores moments when the artist feels a need for...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoNew friends
$190.00$190.00Lily Formato | 2026Oil on canvas12 × 16 in. New Friends began when a friend brought over her Teletubby and the two arranged a still...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoA shadow
$1,300.00$1,300.00Lily Formato | 202636 × 36 in. A Shadow reflects on the people who have passed through and inhabited a particular place. The work considers the...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoFalls of dismal
$720.00$720.00Lily Formato | 2025Oil on canvas24 × 30 in. Falls of Dismal reflects a deeply personal experience of self-discovery in the natural world. Set against the...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoNight painting
$960.00$960.00Lily Formato | 2025Oil on canvas31 × 31 in. Night Painting explores the feeling of being alone in the fog. Through oil on canvas, Lily Formato...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoHomesick for another world
$1,400.00$1,400.00Lily Formato | 2025Oil and gold lacquer44 × 32 in. Homesick for Another World explores the experience of anxiety and the feeling of longing for somewhere...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoBonfire
$320.00$320.00Lily Formato | 2025Oil, chalk pastel, and oil on canvas20 × 16 in. Bonfire explores fantasy and the imagined experiences that occupy the artist’s mind....
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All PaintingsLily FormatoLabubu & schroom
$180.00$180.00Lily Formato | 2026Oil on canvas11 × 16 in. Labubu & Schroom is inspired by a friend’s experience, bringing playful imagery into a small-scale oil painting....
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All PaintingsLily FormatoNever alone
$1,440.00$1,440.00Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas48 × 30 in. Never Alone explores the desire for freedom found in the outdoors. Through expressive linework and...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoThe black lodge
$1,200.00$1,200.00Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas40 × 30 in. The Black Lodge explores Lily Formato’s fears and feelings of loathing through an intensely layered...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoSacrifice
$1,200.00$1,200.00Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas30 × 40 in. Sacrifice explores the process of understanding and confronting death. Through Lily Formato’s layered, stream-of-consciousness...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoRose period iii
$1,730.00$1,730.00Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas36 × 48 in. Rose Period III is a deeply personal work exploring the artist’s relationship with her mother’s...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoRose period ii
$1,730.00$1,730.00Rose Period II Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas48 × 36 in. Rose Period II reflects Lily Formato’s relationship with her hometown of Wytheville,...
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All PaintingsLily FormatoRose period i
$1,260.00$1,260.00Lily Formato | 2026Ink and oil on canvas30 × 42 in.
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