Elijah Sylar
@elijahscamp.bsky.social
Artist-engineer with a behavioral psych background | painting + coding at the intersection of emotion & tech
www.elijah-sylar.com
www.elijah-sylar.com
asheville, north carolina. one of my favorite things about those years on the road: things just fell into place. barns, hostels, garages, outdoor setups, borrowed corners. there was always space to create. just had to find it.
#art #artist #studiolife #transartist #ashevilleart #artistsonbluesky
#art #artist #studiolife #transartist #ashevilleart #artistsonbluesky
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
asheville, north carolina. one of my favorite things about those years on the road: things just fell into place. barns, hostels, garages, outdoor setups, borrowed corners. there was always space to create. just had to find it.
#art #artist #studiolife #transartist #ashevilleart #artistsonbluesky
#art #artist #studiolife #transartist #ashevilleart #artistsonbluesky
our time here is brief. every experience led me here.
this week: work from my years transitioning on the road.
thanks for being here.
#art #artist #acrylicart #transartist #lgbtqart #vulnerability #creativejourney #denverartist #artistsonbluesky #bskyart #originalart #mentalhealth #artistlife
this week: work from my years transitioning on the road.
thanks for being here.
#art #artist #acrylicart #transartist #lgbtqart #vulnerability #creativejourney #denverartist #artistsonbluesky #bskyart #originalart #mentalhealth #artistlife
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
our time here is brief. every experience led me here.
this week: work from my years transitioning on the road.
thanks for being here.
#art #artist #acrylicart #transartist #lgbtqart #vulnerability #creativejourney #denverartist #artistsonbluesky #bskyart #originalart #mentalhealth #artistlife
this week: work from my years transitioning on the road.
thanks for being here.
#art #artist #acrylicart #transartist #lgbtqart #vulnerability #creativejourney #denverartist #artistsonbluesky #bskyart #originalart #mentalhealth #artistlife
Digital doodle from a period of forced stillness after injury. Years of living in cities, traveling, constant movement. Then suddenly couchbound, processing everything.
All those fragments - places, faces, chaos, quiet - they weren't random. I was writing myself the whole time. #art #DigitalArt
All those fragments - places, faces, chaos, quiet - they weren't random. I was writing myself the whole time. #art #DigitalArt
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Digital doodle from a period of forced stillness after injury. Years of living in cities, traveling, constant movement. Then suddenly couchbound, processing everything.
All those fragments - places, faces, chaos, quiet - they weren't random. I was writing myself the whole time. #art #DigitalArt
All those fragments - places, faces, chaos, quiet - they weren't random. I was writing myself the whole time. #art #DigitalArt
The experiences that shaped my artistic journey were the moments when someone told me how my art moved them. That universal empathy and understanding is what I create for. Thank you for being here. I appreciate you.
#art #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #Community #HumanConnection #Empathy #ContemporaryArt
#art #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #Community #HumanConnection #Empathy #ContemporaryArt
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The experiences that shaped my artistic journey were the moments when someone told me how my art moved them. That universal empathy and understanding is what I create for. Thank you for being here. I appreciate you.
#art #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #Community #HumanConnection #Empathy #ContemporaryArt
#art #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #Community #HumanConnection #Empathy #ContemporaryArt
Ceiling mural from 2019 for Discourse: A Liquid Workshop in Milwaukee.
The mural no longer exists - spaces evolve - but Discourse has grown into a thriving mecca of coffee creativity in Milwaukee.
#muralist #Denverartist #MuralArt #CoffeeShop #Milwaukee #CoffeeCulture #PublicArt #SupportLocal
The mural no longer exists - spaces evolve - but Discourse has grown into a thriving mecca of coffee creativity in Milwaukee.
#muralist #Denverartist #MuralArt #CoffeeShop #Milwaukee #CoffeeCulture #PublicArt #SupportLocal
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ceiling mural from 2019 for Discourse: A Liquid Workshop in Milwaukee.
The mural no longer exists - spaces evolve - but Discourse has grown into a thriving mecca of coffee creativity in Milwaukee.
#muralist #Denverartist #MuralArt #CoffeeShop #Milwaukee #CoffeeCulture #PublicArt #SupportLocal
The mural no longer exists - spaces evolve - but Discourse has grown into a thriving mecca of coffee creativity in Milwaukee.
#muralist #Denverartist #MuralArt #CoffeeShop #Milwaukee #CoffeeCulture #PublicArt #SupportLocal
"And then I realized, I'm going to want to look back on the 'bad times' too. So just stay right here."
Made during Achilles rupture surgery recovery in the dead of winter, right after moving back to Denver. When you can't move physically, the mind moves instead. #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #DenverArtist
Made during Achilles rupture surgery recovery in the dead of winter, right after moving back to Denver. When you can't move physically, the mind moves instead. #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #DenverArtist
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"And then I realized, I'm going to want to look back on the 'bad times' too. So just stay right here."
Made during Achilles rupture surgery recovery in the dead of winter, right after moving back to Denver. When you can't move physically, the mind moves instead. #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #DenverArtist
Made during Achilles rupture surgery recovery in the dead of winter, right after moving back to Denver. When you can't move physically, the mind moves instead. #DigitalArt #DoodleArt #DenverArtist
Oldie but a goodie from 2018.
"Wake Up!" - 9" x 11" acrylic and ink on canvas paper
Sometimes we need a reminder that we can only see so far ahead. Like walking a foggy wooden bridge, you have to take it one step at a time.
"Wake Up!" - 9" x 11" acrylic and ink on canvas paper
Sometimes we need a reminder that we can only see so far ahead. Like walking a foggy wooden bridge, you have to take it one step at a time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Oldie but a goodie from 2018.
"Wake Up!" - 9" x 11" acrylic and ink on canvas paper
Sometimes we need a reminder that we can only see so far ahead. Like walking a foggy wooden bridge, you have to take it one step at a time.
"Wake Up!" - 9" x 11" acrylic and ink on canvas paper
Sometimes we need a reminder that we can only see so far ahead. Like walking a foggy wooden bridge, you have to take it one step at a time.
"The Seeing of Stars" - 51" × 38" acrylic and ink on canvas(2019)
The tireless pursuit of passion. Colors brighten and dull, shining like stars before swirling into confusion. Two eyes fixed on distant dreams, wearily working to the bone to reach them.
#art #AbstractArt #ContemporaryArt #Painting
The tireless pursuit of passion. Colors brighten and dull, shining like stars before swirling into confusion. Two eyes fixed on distant dreams, wearily working to the bone to reach them.
#art #AbstractArt #ContemporaryArt #Painting
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"The Seeing of Stars" - 51" × 38" acrylic and ink on canvas(2019)
The tireless pursuit of passion. Colors brighten and dull, shining like stars before swirling into confusion. Two eyes fixed on distant dreams, wearily working to the bone to reach them.
#art #AbstractArt #ContemporaryArt #Painting
The tireless pursuit of passion. Colors brighten and dull, shining like stars before swirling into confusion. Two eyes fixed on distant dreams, wearily working to the bone to reach them.
#art #AbstractArt #ContemporaryArt #Painting
New works available on the site!
"The Pattern is the Pattern" - 38" × 51" acrylic on canvas, now live at elijahsylar.com
Sometimes you have to see the pattern to break free of it.
Original available for purchase. Link in comments.
#contemporaryart #abstractart #painting #denverartist #originalart
"The Pattern is the Pattern" - 38" × 51" acrylic on canvas, now live at elijahsylar.com
Sometimes you have to see the pattern to break free of it.
Original available for purchase. Link in comments.
#contemporaryart #abstractart #painting #denverartist #originalart
elijahsylar.com
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November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New works available on the site!
"The Pattern is the Pattern" - 38" × 51" acrylic on canvas, now live at elijahsylar.com
Sometimes you have to see the pattern to break free of it.
Original available for purchase. Link in comments.
#contemporaryart #abstractart #painting #denverartist #originalart
"The Pattern is the Pattern" - 38" × 51" acrylic on canvas, now live at elijahsylar.com
Sometimes you have to see the pattern to break free of it.
Original available for purchase. Link in comments.
#contemporaryart #abstractart #painting #denverartist #originalart
This piece hung in Denver's Spark Gallery years ago under a name I no longer use.
The figure consuming itself. The vibrant blue body separated from the devouring mouth by negative space.
#transartist #transformation #vulnerability #transvisibility #lgbtqartist #surrealism #surrealart #abstractart
The figure consuming itself. The vibrant blue body separated from the devouring mouth by negative space.
#transartist #transformation #vulnerability #transvisibility #lgbtqartist #surrealism #surrealart #abstractart
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This piece hung in Denver's Spark Gallery years ago under a name I no longer use.
The figure consuming itself. The vibrant blue body separated from the devouring mouth by negative space.
#transartist #transformation #vulnerability #transvisibility #lgbtqartist #surrealism #surrealart #abstractart
The figure consuming itself. The vibrant blue body separated from the devouring mouth by negative space.
#transartist #transformation #vulnerability #transvisibility #lgbtqartist #surrealism #surrealart #abstractart
High school. 2013. This was the first piece where I felt like myself.
I'd been painting for years, but this eye was different. The ocean wave in the iris, the hyper-detailed lashes against skin tones that felt almost too real - this was the surrealism I'd been reaching for.
#transartist #surrealart
I'd been painting for years, but this eye was different. The ocean wave in the iris, the hyper-detailed lashes against skin tones that felt almost too real - this was the surrealism I'd been reaching for.
#transartist #surrealart
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
High school. 2013. This was the first piece where I felt like myself.
I'd been painting for years, but this eye was different. The ocean wave in the iris, the hyper-detailed lashes against skin tones that felt almost too real - this was the surrealism I'd been reaching for.
#transartist #surrealart
I'd been painting for years, but this eye was different. The ocean wave in the iris, the hyper-detailed lashes against skin tones that felt almost too real - this was the surrealism I'd been reaching for.
#transartist #surrealart
Thank you, @westword.com ! If you’d like to learn more about my recent decision to return to the art world publicly… check it out here!
Artist Elijah Sylar re-emerges with his first public show since transitioning, debuting new large-scale works on Nov. 14 in Denver.
Elijah Sylar Returns to Denver Art Scene After Transitioning, Traveling Across 47 States
Artist Elijah Sylar re-emerges with his first public show since transitioning, debuting new large-scale works on Nov. 14 in Denver.
www.westword.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thank you, @westword.com ! If you’d like to learn more about my recent decision to return to the art world publicly… check it out here!
Beauty replacing sight.
This was about romantic obsession with endings. The Gothic fixation on making the death of something beautiful instead of terrifying.
Still working on that balance.
#skullart #roseandskull #gothicart #stilllife #darkart #romanticart #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart
This was about romantic obsession with endings. The Gothic fixation on making the death of something beautiful instead of terrifying.
Still working on that balance.
#skullart #roseandskull #gothicart #stilllife #darkart #romanticart #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Beauty replacing sight.
This was about romantic obsession with endings. The Gothic fixation on making the death of something beautiful instead of terrifying.
Still working on that balance.
#skullart #roseandskull #gothicart #stilllife #darkart #romanticart #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart
This was about romantic obsession with endings. The Gothic fixation on making the death of something beautiful instead of terrifying.
Still working on that balance.
#skullart #roseandskull #gothicart #stilllife #darkart #romanticart #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart
Lichtenstein meets Dalí in this one.
Each fragment needed individual attention while maintaining the overall spherical form. The pop art background (hand-dotted, no screen printing) creates tension with the surrealist subject matter.
#popart #surrealism #eyeart #graphicart #contemporaryart #boldart
Each fragment needed individual attention while maintaining the overall spherical form. The pop art background (hand-dotted, no screen printing) creates tension with the surrealist subject matter.
#popart #surrealism #eyeart #graphicart #contemporaryart #boldart
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Lichtenstein meets Dalí in this one.
Each fragment needed individual attention while maintaining the overall spherical form. The pop art background (hand-dotted, no screen printing) creates tension with the surrealist subject matter.
#popart #surrealism #eyeart #graphicart #contemporaryart #boldart
Each fragment needed individual attention while maintaining the overall spherical form. The pop art background (hand-dotted, no screen printing) creates tension with the surrealist subject matter.
#popart #surrealism #eyeart #graphicart #contemporaryart #boldart
Coming up for air. Or going back under. Hard to tell which.
This piece plays with video game aesthetics - the Mario-style warp pipe reimagined as portal between states of being.
#popart #gameart #marioinspired #skullart #surrealism #graphicart #layering #transformation #comicart #videogameart
This piece plays with video game aesthetics - the Mario-style warp pipe reimagined as portal between states of being.
#popart #gameart #marioinspired #skullart #surrealism #graphicart #layering #transformation #comicart #videogameart
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Coming up for air. Or going back under. Hard to tell which.
This piece plays with video game aesthetics - the Mario-style warp pipe reimagined as portal between states of being.
#popart #gameart #marioinspired #skullart #surrealism #graphicart #layering #transformation #comicart #videogameart
This piece plays with video game aesthetics - the Mario-style warp pipe reimagined as portal between states of being.
#popart #gameart #marioinspired #skullart #surrealism #graphicart #layering #transformation #comicart #videogameart
This was my comics phase - inspired by Mike Mignola's heavy blacks and bold shapes. The anatomical heart rendered in color against graphic negative space. The skull simplified to pure line and shadow.
#graphicart #illustration #anatomicalheart #skullart #comics #boldart #inkart #acrylicpainting
#graphicart #illustration #anatomicalheart #skullart #comics #boldart #inkart #acrylicpainting
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This was my comics phase - inspired by Mike Mignola's heavy blacks and bold shapes. The anatomical heart rendered in color against graphic negative space. The skull simplified to pure line and shadow.
#graphicart #illustration #anatomicalheart #skullart #comics #boldart #inkart #acrylicpainting
#graphicart #illustration #anatomicalheart #skullart #comics #boldart #inkart #acrylicpainting
This piece came from a specific frustration: the disconnect between wanting to feel everything and the numbness that comes from trying too hard to feel anything at all. The skull - symbol of death - desperately declaring its need to feel alive.
#graphicnovel #comicart #contemporaryart #popculture
#graphicnovel #comicart #contemporaryart #popculture
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This piece came from a specific frustration: the disconnect between wanting to feel everything and the numbness that comes from trying too hard to feel anything at all. The skull - symbol of death - desperately declaring its need to feel alive.
#graphicnovel #comicart #contemporaryart #popculture
#graphicnovel #comicart #contemporaryart #popculture
Two red flowers pushing through rigid blue geometric lines.
"Blooming Radiance" (2018) is about the tension between growth and constraint. How beauty finds a way to exist even within systems designed to control it.
#botanicalart #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #surrealart #Denverartist
"Blooming Radiance" (2018) is about the tension between growth and constraint. How beauty finds a way to exist even within systems designed to control it.
#botanicalart #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #surrealart #Denverartist
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two red flowers pushing through rigid blue geometric lines.
"Blooming Radiance" (2018) is about the tension between growth and constraint. How beauty finds a way to exist even within systems designed to control it.
#botanicalart #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #surrealart #Denverartist
"Blooming Radiance" (2018) is about the tension between growth and constraint. How beauty finds a way to exist even within systems designed to control it.
#botanicalart #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #surrealart #Denverartist
Gold skull. Bleach tie-dye. Screen-printed by hand.Shipping costs included in the price.
Limited edition print - and I mean actually limited. The screen no longer exists, so this design will never be reproduced. What's left is what's left. www.elijah-sylar.com
Limited edition print - and I mean actually limited. The screen no longer exists, so this design will never be reproduced. What's left is what's left. www.elijah-sylar.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gold skull. Bleach tie-dye. Screen-printed by hand.Shipping costs included in the price.
Limited edition print - and I mean actually limited. The screen no longer exists, so this design will never be reproduced. What's left is what's left. www.elijah-sylar.com
Limited edition print - and I mean actually limited. The screen no longer exists, so this design will never be reproduced. What's left is what's left. www.elijah-sylar.com
This is me. Thank you for following along. If you like what you see, share my work in your stories or with friends - it helps more than you know. I'm rebuilding my name and my audience after years away, and every share gets me one step closer.
#acrylicartist #lgbtqartist #lgbtqartists #Denverart
#acrylicartist #lgbtqartist #lgbtqartists #Denverart
Elijah Camp - Full Stack Developer | Healthcare Tech & Accessibility Specialist
Full-stack developer with 7+ years experience. Built production systems serving 200+ users with 99.9% uptime. Specialized in healthcare technology, accessibility, and AI development.
elijah-sylar.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is me. Thank you for following along. If you like what you see, share my work in your stories or with friends - it helps more than you know. I'm rebuilding my name and my audience after years away, and every share gets me one step closer.
#acrylicartist #lgbtqartist #lgbtqartists #Denverart
#acrylicartist #lgbtqartist #lgbtqartists #Denverart
Pink, blue, yellow - all exploding outward from a mouth frozen mid-expression.
"Effervescent Expressions" (2019) is about the moment when words and colors become indistinguishable. When thoughts are too big to contain, too vibrant to organize into coherence. #acrylicart #contemporaryart
"Effervescent Expressions" (2019) is about the moment when words and colors become indistinguishable. When thoughts are too big to contain, too vibrant to organize into coherence. #acrylicart #contemporaryart
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pink, blue, yellow - all exploding outward from a mouth frozen mid-expression.
"Effervescent Expressions" (2019) is about the moment when words and colors become indistinguishable. When thoughts are too big to contain, too vibrant to organize into coherence. #acrylicart #contemporaryart
"Effervescent Expressions" (2019) is about the moment when words and colors become indistinguishable. When thoughts are too big to contain, too vibrant to organize into coherence. #acrylicart #contemporaryart
Hi. I'm Elijah Sylar.
I've spent the last decade painting while living my narrative as a trans-man. When I decided to transition, I deleted everything, left Denver, and rebuilt from scratch on the road.
The work I've made since then tells that story - the loss, the finding, the becoming.
I've spent the last decade painting while living my narrative as a trans-man. When I decided to transition, I deleted everything, left Denver, and rebuilt from scratch on the road.
The work I've made since then tells that story - the loss, the finding, the becoming.
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hi. I'm Elijah Sylar.
I've spent the last decade painting while living my narrative as a trans-man. When I decided to transition, I deleted everything, left Denver, and rebuilt from scratch on the road.
The work I've made since then tells that story - the loss, the finding, the becoming.
I've spent the last decade painting while living my narrative as a trans-man. When I decided to transition, I deleted everything, left Denver, and rebuilt from scratch on the road.
The work I've made since then tells that story - the loss, the finding, the becoming.
"Relying upon a finger, we see the moon
Relying upon the moon, we understand the finger.
Moon and finger
Are neither the same nor different.
This expedient analogy is for guiding beginners.
Having seen reality as it is,
There is neither moon nor finger.
- Ryōkan"
Relying upon the moon, we understand the finger.
Moon and finger
Are neither the same nor different.
This expedient analogy is for guiding beginners.
Having seen reality as it is,
There is neither moon nor finger.
- Ryōkan"
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
"Relying upon a finger, we see the moon
Relying upon the moon, we understand the finger.
Moon and finger
Are neither the same nor different.
This expedient analogy is for guiding beginners.
Having seen reality as it is,
There is neither moon nor finger.
- Ryōkan"
Relying upon the moon, we understand the finger.
Moon and finger
Are neither the same nor different.
This expedient analogy is for guiding beginners.
Having seen reality as it is,
There is neither moon nor finger.
- Ryōkan"
Two hands. One hot, one cold. Both reaching. Opposing forces - passion vs. reason, chaos vs. control, who you were vs. who you're becoming. The permanent struggle of holding contradictions inside yourself. Available at elijah-sylar.com #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #abstractart #modernart
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Two hands. One hot, one cold. Both reaching. Opposing forces - passion vs. reason, chaos vs. control, who you were vs. who you're becoming. The permanent struggle of holding contradictions inside yourself. Available at elijah-sylar.com #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting #abstractart #modernart
Three years on this one. "No Sorrow" — 40"x48". Named after pitcher plants: "without grief." Explosive chaos, then surgical black lines. Had to live it to finish it. DM for purchase 🌺
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #botanicalart #artforsale
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #botanicalart #artforsale
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Three years on this one. "No Sorrow" — 40"x48". Named after pitcher plants: "without grief." Explosive chaos, then surgical black lines. Had to live it to finish it. DM for purchase 🌺
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #botanicalart #artforsale
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #botanicalart #artforsale