Artist Statement

Reminiscing, 48x24, acrylic on canvas

Paul Schexnayder's work is vivid and expressive, infused with color, abstraction, and narrative undertones. His paintings capture the grit, allure, and disjointed rhythm of urban and rural life—part celebration, part commentary—blending figuration and abstraction in a bold, colorful dreamlike narrative. Each piece becomes something almost cinematic and quietly poetic, drawing the viewer into a world suspended between reality and reverie.

Schexnayder's compositions evoke a dream-state moment—part romantic, part mysterious—where escape, solitude, and connection quietly coexist. Through layered textures, shifting perspectives, and a bold chromatic language, he constructs spaces that feel both familiar and dreamlike, where nostalgia, decay, and mystery collide.

Paul Schexnayder’s art exists in the in-between: the line between waking and dreaming, chaos and calm, memory and invention. It is this tension—subtle yet persistent—that gives his work its emotional depth and lingering resonance.