Welcome to The Curiously Offbeat Art of George Graham: A Fascinating Exploration of Assemblage and Creativity.
Curiosity drives me. I seek to explore the uniqueness of the world I inhabit, and my taste in food, travel, architecture, and art leads me down an offbeat path. Several years ago, my art deviated from traditional paint on canvas to assemblage, a complex, mixed-media style combining paint and sculpture. Each piece is a self-contained story that brings the viewer into a distinctive, sometimes peculiar, world in which the interpretation is up to the individual.
Each piece focuses on themes and elements that appeal to my sense of adventure and imagination. My creative spectrum traverses through legendary history, steampunk mythology, or contemporary pop-culture perspectives. I am delighted when viewers describe my artwork as “weird,” “bizarre,” “wacky,” or “far-out,” reflecting its unorthodox and thought-provoking nature.
I hunt for unusual objects in flea markets, antique shops, and thrift stores—objects that infuse drama into each piece. Many of these finds are broken and discarded, but I transform them into something valuable, giving them renewed purpose and dignity. Each artwork features a rich tapestry of acrylic paint, metallic rubs, collage, fabric, and found objects, all thoughtfully assembled using a combination of brushes and an array of adhesives.
This fun and funky collection is curated to stimulate viewers with immersive visual art that fuels conversation and feeds the imagination. Enjoy viewing and please leave a comment with your thoughts.
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JIMI
The legendary Jimi Hendrix is captured in this assemblage of collage, AI-generated image, fabric, found objects, and vintage reproduction signage on an up-cycled, thrift-store frame.
50″ x 26.5″
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Miss Ruthie’s World
This assemblage in a vintage Coca-Cola crate features flea-market finds, acrylics, ephemera, old-world photos, and collage.
21″ x 12″
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The Kraken Wakes
The steampunk-inspired tribute to Jules Verne is a work of assemblage featuring collage , acrylics, fabric, AI-generated images, and thrift-store found objects.
33″ x 43″
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SRV
Legendary blues rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan takes centerstage in this tribute assemblage featuring found objects, fabric, acrylics, collage, and vintage reproduction signage.
44″ x 24.5″
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Postcards from Coco
This tribute to legendary style icon Coco Chanel is a work of assemblage featuring collage, fabric, found objects, AI-generated image, acrylics, and recycled thrift-store frames.
27.5″ x 24″
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Between The Sun and The Moon
Found objects and acrylics highlight this work of assemblage art on a flea-market frame rescued from the recycle bin.
26.5″ x 30.5″
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SWEET
A tribute to all my childhood summers, this assemblage features acrylics, collage, thrift-store found objects, and fabric on an upcycled frame.
23″ x 29.25″
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Purple Rain
This assemblage pays tribute to the legendary musician Prince featuring acrylics on an upcycled frame with collage, thrift-store found objects, and an AI-generated image.
43″ x 19″
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The Warrior Princess
The image in this assemblage is AI-generated and features collage, acrylics, and found objects on a thrift-store upcycled frame.
22″ x 28″
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X is Watching
This steampunk-inspired assemblage features a recycled banjo-style frame with acrylics, collage, fabric, AI-generated images, and thrift-store found objects.
33.5″ x 10″
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Man in the Moon
This assemblage features collage, fabric, game box cover image, found objects, ephemera, and elements of nature (wasp nest).
32″ x 33″
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WANDERLUST
A tribute to pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart, this assemblage features collage, acrylics, found objects, and archived news photography on an upcycled thrift-store frame.
25″ x 21.25″
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Long Time Gone
This tribute to David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash combines assemblage of found objects with collage, fabric, and acrylics on a thrift-store frame.
44.5″ x 21″
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Holly Golightly
A tribute to Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, this assemblage features collage, fabric, found objects, acrylics, and a digital download image on a the thrift-store frame.
22″ x 18″
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MOUSETRAP
This mixed-media assemblage features thrift-store found objects and acrylics on an upcycled flea-market frame.
19.5″ x 24″
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Fresh Up
This mixed-media artwork in a 50s-era 7UP soda crate features assemblage using vintage flea-market finds, acrylics, fabric, and collage.
21.5″ x 12″
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The Watchman
This mixed-media collage and and assemblage features torn magazine and newspaper pages, found objects, and acrylics on a recycled frame.
28.5″ x 24″