2025
G. Campbell Lyman is a prolific collector of works by lesser heralded artists and an accomplished abstract painter in his own right. Lyman’s own abstract paintings and watercolors comprise repeating patterns of irregular circles, rectangles, whorls and cellular forms painted with thick brushstrokes in vivacious hues.
Lyman grew up in New Orleans, where he started collecting and making his art as a teenager. When he was around 30 years old, he began traveling to discover and sell undervalued art, living in various places in the United States and Europe.
Eventually, he returned to New Orleans and opened Guy Lyman Fine Art on the city’s famous Magazine Street. He operated the gallery for several years before moving his business entirely online in the late 2010s. Lyman divides his inventory into four sections: 19th- and early 20th-century art, modern and contemporary art, New Orleans and Louisiana art, and finally, his own creations.
Lyman cites "painterly" painters like Robert Rauschenberg, Sean Scully, Cy Twombly and Julian Schnabel — as well as movements such as Pop art and Abstract Expressionism — as having influenced his work. He is less concerned about the forms on the canvas and more about the paint’s texture, color and line, as well as the negative space around it. He appreciates and creates art that shows the presence of the artist's hand.
Lyman's work is held in art collections from California and Aspen to London and Beirut. He strives to keep his prices affordable for a broader demographic of collectors.
On 1stDibs, find G. Campbell Lyman paintings, drawings, mixed media and more.
"Flowers Never Seen #12" - Framed Contemporary Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “I have been an abstract painter for over 30 years, and I can't exactly say what caused me to one night go to the studio and paint flowers, of all things. But of ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
"Flowers Never Seen #10" - Framed Contemporary Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “I have been an abstract painter for over 30 years, and I can't exactly say what caused me to one night go to the studio and paint flowers, of all things. But of ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
The Secret Garden (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes professionally framed in a solid maple floater frame, ready to hang) Artist's Statement "This series of intensely colorful paintings was begun a couple of years back in reaction to the gray oppressive weight that had descended like a pall on the American scene. I wanted to make paintings about nothing but pure delight, in honor of the fact that beneath the fog of germs and political antagonism, we still eat, laugh, love and if we're wise, acknowledge how spectacularly fortunate we are -- at least for now, in this time and place, despite the problems. For me, the colors, forms and brushstrokes here feel exuberant without suggesting an unnerving chaos. I have purposely used unlikely color combinations that despite their dissonance seem to work together. I don't feel this is a time to be making brooding works that reflect the problems we are working our way through; we all know about this. On the contrary, I think it's a time for art...
Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Rosetta #3 - (Contest Finalist - Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes framed and ready to hang in professional wood black floater frame. This painting was a Finalist in the Grey Cube Gallery's City Art International Art Exhibition: "Out of all ...
Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite, Watercolor, Spray Paint
"Gridish #6" - Contemporary Framed Multimedia Abstract Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you will see others in this series come up) Artist’s Statement: “As I often do, I chose a very simple form to work with h...
Charcoal, Varnish, House Paint, Acrylic
"Spooled Color" - Framed Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
You don't have to be a fan of sewing to enjoy this lovely still life of colorful spools of thread in a porcelain bowl . . . painting itself is 8" square, framed in a black frame that...
Oil
"Floral Still Life" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting on canvas depicting a colorful floral still life in a blue vase on top of a wood table. The flowers depicted are a bright bunch of tulips, placed effortlessly...
Oil, Canvas
Original Oil on Canvas, David Wilson, "Still Life of Flowers"
By David Wilson
Located in Mere, GB
David Wilson 1919 - 2013 He was an artist, animator, and film producer, owning his own production studio, Fine Arts Films. He was born in Wimbledon and studied at the Harrow Art Scho...
Oil
Maurice Vagh Weinmann Floral Bouquet Still Life Oil Painting Framed
By Maurice Vagh-Weinmann
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Maurice Vagh Weinmann Floral Bouquet Still Life Oil Painting Framed Key Details Artist: Maurice Vagh Weinmann, Hungarian, 1899–1986 Title: Summer Bouquet Medium: Oil painting o...
Oil
"Flowers in White Vase" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Paper Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting on paper depicting a colorful floral still life in a white vase on top of a wood table. The flowers depicted are a bright bunch of carnations, daisies, greene...
Oil, Archival Paper
Original Oil on Canvas, David Wilson, " Still Life of Flowers"
By David Wilson
Located in Mere, GB
David Wilson 1919 - 2013 He was an artist, animator, and film producer, owning his own production studio, Fine Arts Films. He was born in Wimbledon and studied at the Harrow Art Scho...
Oil
Summer Flowers, Modern Still Life Oil Painting by Gladys Rockmore Davis
By Gladys Rockmore Davis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis, American (1901 - 1967) Title: Summer Flowers Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right Size: 24 x 20 inches Frame: 33 x 29 inches
Oil
