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Bemused
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 PaintingsUpstairs
$1,300.00$1,300.00The upstairs of the artist's childhood home in Wytheville, painted from memory. Part of the body of work that became Bemused, which draws throughout on the...
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All PaintingsThings Get Dirty Eventually
$290.00$290.00Felting is violent work. The wool is driven into raw canvas with a barbed needle, thousands of times, until the fibers lock into the weave and...
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Original paintingNew Friends
$190.00$190.00began when a friend brought over her Teletubby and the two arranged a still life to study. The playful subject transforms a traditional painting exercise into...
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Original paintingA Shadow
$1,300.00$1,300.00reflects on the people who have passed through and inhabited a particular place. The work considers the traces people leave behind, exploring presence, memory, and the...
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Original paintingFalls of Dismal
$720.00$720.00reflects a deeply personal experience of self-discovery in the natural world. Set against the landscape of the Falls of Dismal, the work explores the connection between...
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Original paintingNight Painting
$960.00$960.00explores the feeling of being alone in the fog. Through oil on canvas, Lily Formato captures the quiet isolation and uncertainty of moving through a landscape...
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Original paintingHomesick for Another World
$1,400.00$1,400.00Oil and gold lacquer 44 × 32 in. Homesick for Another World explores the experience of anxiety and the feeling of longing for somewhere beyond the...
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Original paintingBonfire
$320.00$320.00Oil, chalk pastel, and oil on canvas 20 × 16 in. Bonfire explores fantasy and the imagined experiences that occupy the artist’s mind. Combining oil and...
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Original paintingLabubu & Schroom
$180.00$180.00is inspired by a friend’s experience, bringing playful imagery into a small-scale oil painting. Through Formato’s distinctive perspective, the work transforms a personal story into a...
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Original paintingNever Alone
$1,440.00$1,440.00and oil on canvas 48 × 30 in. Never Alone explores the desire for freedom found in the outdoors. Through expressive linework and layered oil and...
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Original paintingThe Black Lodge
$1,200.00$1,200.00and oil on canvas 40 × 30 in. The Black Lodge explores Lily Formato’s fears and feelings of loathing through an intensely layered composition. Using ink...
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Original paintingSacrifice
$1,200.00$1,200.00and oil on canvas 30 × 40 in. Sacrifice explores the process of understanding and confronting death. Through Lily Formato’s layered, stream-of-consciousness approach, the work considers...
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Original paintingRose Period III
$1,730.00$1,730.00and oil on canvas 36 × 48 in. Rose Period III is a deeply personal work exploring the artist’s relationship with her mother’s addictions and American...
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Original paintingRose Period II
$1,730.00$1,730.00and oil on canvas 48 × 36 in. Rose Period II reflects Lily Formato’s relationship with her hometown of Wytheville, Virginia. Through layered ink, oil, expressive...
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Original paintingRose Period I
$1,260.00$1,260.00Original painting. Artist: Lily Formato Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 30 x 42 in. Year: 2026
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