“Painting is transformation. It’s like the alchemy of something. I remember being an art student and making light for the first time. It felt like light was actually coming from the painting. How would you ever give that up after once discovering it?” — Interview with Maria Doubrovskaia, “Kyle Staver on Myth, Irony and Being a Painter,” Project Inkblot, 2013
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| Kyle Staver Narcissus, 2016 Oil on canvas 54 x 58 inches |
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| Kyle Staver, Cardinal, 2016 Oil on canvas, 50 x 58" |
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| Kyle Staver, Installation View |