Work samples

  • Stone and Marker
    Stone and Marker

    A large scale canvas with two large objects in the top left and bottom right. The top left is a yellowish rock casting a shadow onto a expanse of green. The bottom right is the marker, reminiscent of a grave, it appears to be both receding back like a doorway and coming forward as a solid object. In the background the horizon line sits a mountainscape and a dark sky.

  • Pegs
    Pegs

    Nine multicolored cylinders are arranged in a loose grid. They cast shadows on a dark brown ground, suggesting we are looking down on them. 

  • Heel
    Heel

    In flat colors a leg descends from the top resting or stomping upon the head of a black greyhound dog. The dog seems unconcerned or complacent and has sharp teeth. 

  • Solitaire
    Solitaire

    A large scale canvas separated into discrete sections. Multicolored marbles are arranged in a loose grid on the right and a diagonal bisects into a blue field. Above is a dark foresty mass that then reveals the sky above.

About Xyl

Xyl Lasersohn's large scale oil paintings address the uncanniness of the ordinary. Originally from NE Ohio, Xyl currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. Xyl received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art before earning an MFA from The Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. His paintings have been exhibited at the Butler Institute of Art, The Peale Museum, Botanica Grove NYC, Hedge Gallery, and The Yards Projects. Xyl was recently named a 2025… more

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Food Paintings

A ongoing series of paintings depicting food. 

  • Cheesecake
    Cheesecake
  • Provision
    Provision
  • Evening
    Evening
  • Sideeye
    Sideeye
  • Petit Fours
    Petit Fours