Consensus UNReality - Tyler Ashe Art Show Opening - Benefiting Wild Pines Animal Sanctuary

Consensus UNreality, local Upstate SC-based artist Tyler Ashe’s debut solo exhibition, recaptures the magic of what’s all around us (and what isn’t). With unabashed use of vivid color and expressive brushwork, these acrylic works depict uncommon animals and creatures in surrealistic settings that are unmoored to expectation and time. Tyler’s work is meant to be raw and approachable, drawing in the viewer and keeping them close with detailed settings that invite closer inspection and individual interpretation.
The focus on wildlife as the primary subject matter allows the viewer to be reintroduced to the sacredness of the animals around us. This is reflected in the show’s secondary goal of raising money for farm animal sanctuaries. The current featured Animal Rescue, Wild Pines Sanctuary in Union, SC, will receive 50% of all artist proceeds, including originals and prints, for the duration of this show.
Tyler’s animals find themselves in liminal, dreamlike worlds, drawing inspiration from the fragmented collective zeitgeist shaped by our ever-fracturing views of history, spirituality, and reality itself. They exist in spiritual half-worlds, often portrayed through the amphibian meeting of water and land, cementing the idea of not fully belonging to either world. Despite the degradation around them, the animals persevere.