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SOS
acrylic on panel, 28 x 24 inches
$2400](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/shillady_SOS_26x24_new-275x300.jpg)
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T.V.O.D.
silkscreen, 11 x 8 inches
$650](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_T.V.-O.D._11x8-1-226x300.jpg)
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Triumph of Irrational Dogma
triptych, acrylic on canvas, 53 x 93 inches
$24,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_TriumphOfIrrationalDogma_53x93_2-300x171.jpg)
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Triumph of Irrational Dogma
detail of left panel](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_TriumphOfIrrationalDogma_Left-127x300.jpg)
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Dinner and Diner
study for “Triumph of Irrational Dogma”
acrylic on canvas, 10 x 12 inches
$2000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_DinnerMooseandDeerStream_10x12-1-300x250.jpg)
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Triumph of Irrational Dogma
detail of center panel](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_TriumphOfIrrationalDogma_center-231x300.jpg)
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Looking for Gerry the Horn from Saddleback
study for “Triumph of Irrational Dogma”
acrylic on canvas, 10 x 12 inches
$2000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_LookingforGerrytheHornFromSaddleback_10x12-1-300x252.jpg)
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Triumph of Irrational Dogma
detail of right panel](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_TriumphOfIrrationalDogma_Right-127x300.jpg)
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The End of Dada?, 2012
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 45 inches
$16,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_TheEndofDada-1-300x266.jpg)
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Icons of the Spiritually Certain
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 45 inches
$16,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_ICONS-OF-THE-SPIRITUALLY-CERTAIN-1-300x267.jpg)
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Predators and Prey
acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 inches](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_PredatorsandPrey_30x36jpg-1-300x249.jpg)
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Herrick Bay Cove
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 30 inches
$3000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_HerrickBayCove_20x30-1-300x201.jpg)
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The Builders
acrylic on canvas, 56 x 70 inches
$18,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_The-Builders_56x70-1-300x240.jpg)
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The Woodcutter
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 74 inches
$18,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_TheWoodcutter48x74-1-300x193.jpg)
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Dry Cataract Bemis Stream
$2000
acrylic on panel, 10 x 12 inches](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_DryCataractBemisStream_10x12-1-300x252.jpg)
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Second Peak, Bemis
study for “Triumph of Irrational Dogma”
acrylic on rag mounted on panel, 9.25 x 12 inches
$1800](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_SecondPeakBemis_9.25x12-300x231.jpg)
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Eggemoggin Reach Regatta
38 x 85 inches
$22,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_EggemogginReachRegatta_38x85-1-300x128.jpg)
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Summer People
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 inches
$15000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_SummerPeople_40x50-1-300x241.jpg)
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The Lobsterman
acrylic on canvas, 56 x 70 inches
$18,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_The-Lobsterman_56x70-1-300x239.jpg)
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Union Street, Blue Hill
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 54 inches
$15,000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-08-01-at-12.03.33-PM-300x218.png)
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Herrick Bay East
acrylic on canvas, 34 x 34 inches
$3000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_HerrickBayEast_34x34-1-300x290.jpg)
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Tripper
acrylic on rag mounted on panel, 8 x 10 inches
$1200](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shillady_Tripper_8x10-300x238.jpg)
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Winter
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
$6000](https://courthousegallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shillady_Winter_40x30-1-215x300.jpg)
Robert Shillady Biography
Robert Shillady (b. 1947) paints stylized scenes with precise detail, honing in on forest floor along the Maine coast where the viewer becomes intimate with ferns, lichen, estuaries, leaves, twigs, roots, stones, and grasses. Through the application of multiple layers of acrylic paint interspersed with glazes (sometimes as many as forty layers), Shillady elicits marvel with the heightened reality of his surfaces. For his most ambitious paintings, Shillady chooses to paint scenes with an elaborate cast of characters engaged in any number of activities from meandering around town (Union Street, Blue Hill), and sailing (Eggemoggin Reach Regatta), to a lobsterman painting buoys (The Lobsterman) and his newest undertaking The End of Dada?, which pays tribute to this influential art movement in true Shillady fashion.
Shillady, who was born in Boston Massachusetts, grew up on the Cape. He studied silkcreen with Anne Ballou at deCordova Museum School in 1978, and holds a BFA from Boston University School of Fine Arts. Shillady’s work was selected for the Portland Museum of Art Biennial in 2005, 2007, and 2011. He has exhibited widely since 1974, and his work has appeared in numerous reviews and publications, including Paintings of Maine: A New Collection, a book by Carl Little. Shillady lives with his wife Ellen Booraem in Brooklin, Maine.
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Robert Shillady: Subversion of Reality
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