New releases – TAY DALL

New Releases 2024

I am often asked this question in terms of my new art and the art in this section. Where do these “new release” artworks come from? Do you invent them from a random chest of ideas or are they dreamed up and then the next day created?

My answer to my adoring fans and my not-so-adoring critics is that most of my work is born out of creating a body of work for an idea for a future exhibition. I do on average 5 exhibitions a year. Every year! So I have art for them. Some works in this so-called ‘New Releases’ selection are art pieces that have not been resolved in decades that I have finally gotten around to resolving or there are those works that I created 10 years ago and I have reworked to a point which aesthetically pleases me.

Additionally, there are works that I feel are so iconic and once-off, like the Melting Pot works or the Looking Glass panel, that they stay permanently in this section because they are New Ideas that never get old in my mind’s collection. But for the sake of the line up I have below, and for the satisfaction of the initiated and interested audience to this website, the New Release section is a cut-away glimpse, a little bit of an ordered list in terms of what I am thinking about at this point in my career and in my life.

Sculptures by
Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney

In the Cairn sculptures, every element is infused with individual mark-making, as the artists hand-paint each component. These painted elements transform the stones from humble, everyday objects into vibrant, spiritual icons. The careful, deliberate design of each rock cluster echoes the principles of unity—separate pieces come together to create a cohesive, striking whole, emphasizing the balance between individuality and collective strength.

A cairn, traditionally a pile of stones created for a specific purpose, often serves as a marker or symbol of intention. The sculptures in this series mirror this purpose, becoming beacons of meditation, peace, and gratitude. Each cairn can be seen as signifying an offering of grace, a personal intention, or a wish for someone in need. The Cairn series invites viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with the grounding energy of the sculptures, offering a meditative space for introspection and serenity.

CS1 – Reaching

Acrylic on resin

25 x 18 x 46cm

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CS2 – Stone Flower

Acrylic on cement

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CS5 – Reaching 2

Acrylic on resin

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CS4 – Stone Flower, Orchid

Acrylic on cement

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CS3 – Stone Flower, Abscission

Acrylic on resin and cement

28 x 20 x 28cm

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CHRYS1 – Painted Lady

Acrylic on resin

18 x 18 x 33cm

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

CHMN1 – Verkleurmannetjie

Acrylic on resin

22 x 22 x28cm

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

WN1 – Calypso

Acrylic on cement

A Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney collaboration

4154 – Nebulous Clouds, Kismet 22

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4162 – First 2025 Painting

85cm x 102.5cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4102 – Waves

120cm x 120cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4113 – Nebulous Clouds

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4106 – Synaptic Space 4

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4141 – Nebulous

100cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4093 – Shadows and Blossoms

120cm x 120cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4101 – Electric Kismet

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4108 – Breath of Light 2

105cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4114 – Electrical Storm

130cm x 170cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4092 – Kismet 10

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4087 – Kismet 8

150cm x 150cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4079 – Kismet 2

120cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4090 – Kismet Tablet 1

100cm x 50cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4091 – Kismet Tablet 2

100cm x 50cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4080 – Kismet 3

130cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4082 – Kismet 5

105cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4081 – Kismet 4

105cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4088 – Synaptic Space 3

150cm x 150cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4107 – Breath of Light

105cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards

4078 – Kismet 1

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4100 – Kismet 11

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4065 – Vibrations of Music

90cm x 110cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Protea Hotel Franschhoek

4025 – Synthesis 5

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4026 – Synthesis 6

140cm x 140cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4063 – Synthesis 9

90cm x 110cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Protea Hotel Franschhoek

4023 – On The Otherside Anew 1

120cm x 12ocm

Acrylic on Canvas

4016 – Synthesis 1

150cm x 150cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4015 – Large Silhouette

200cm x 239cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3742 – Silhouette

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3934 – Lick of Flame

110cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Floor Works

The idea for the floor works came to me as an experiment. I had all the recycled off-cut pieces of material from my canvas workshop sewn together. I then taped the canvas to the floor of my studio which consequently caught the paint droppings, the wine spills, the cigarette ashes, whatever stuck to the bottom of my shoes etc. I left the canvas tacked down in my studio, sometimes for up to a year, before framing it and the rest is history. After I feel the work is done, I cut the canvas into the right shape, clean up some of the smudges and overkills and add my own mark to finalize the piece. My floor art now becomes a tangible history and story of what work I was painting during that period.

3939 – Studio Floorworks 1

160cm x 200cm

Acrylic and Studio Droppings on Canvas

3940 – Studio Floorworks 5

150cm x 200cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

3938 – Studio Floorworks 3

180cm x 230cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Arabella Hotel by Southern Sun

3852 – Studio Floorworks Anew 1

170cm x 210cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Hotel Sky, Cape Town

3937 – New Studio Floorworks 2

170cm x 210cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

On Consignment with the Gooilust Gallery, Holland

3996 – Refracted Rhythm Energy Flow

130cm x 239cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4051 – On The Other Side Anew 2

120cm x 120cm

Enamel on Canvas

3602 – There is Only One

111cm x 171.5cm

Acrylic on Cardboard and Wood

3958 – Egyptian Sky 3

100cm x 70cm

Oil and Canvas on Wood

On Exhibition at Arabella Hotel Southern Sun

3960 – Framed Unfolding

100cm x 70cm

Oil and Canvas on Wood

On Exhibition at Arabella Hotel Southern Sun

2827 – Field of Light and Colour 2

120cm x 255cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Arabella Hotel Southern Sun

3918 – Field of Light and Colour Anew

100cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3108.1 – A Colourful Raining Out M and J 1

120cm x 170cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

3131.1 – A Colourful Raining Out M and J 2

120cm x 170cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

3926 – Raining Out M and J 1

110cm x 85cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3980 – Raining Out M and J 3

110cm x 210cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

3924 – New Floorworks 2

100cm x 200cm

Enamel on Canvas and Wood

1226 – Blue Green Lava Flow

80cm x 80cm

Enamel on Canvas and Wood

1918 – Large Lava Flow

120cm x 120cm

Enamel on Canvas and Wood

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

4048 – Lost Landscape

70cm x 100cm

Acrylic on Canvas

4047 – Target Shot

65cm x 95cm

Collage, acrylic on Canvas

3502 – On the Otherside 6

150cm x 150cm

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

4063 – Synthesis 9

90cm x 110cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3982 – Large Nocturnal Rhythm Flow

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3570 – New Small Cosmos 4

20cm x 30cm

Acrylic and Markers on Canvas

3862 – Cosmos Anew 4

120cm x 100cm

Acrylic and Markers on Canvas

3932 – Autumn 1

100cm x 100cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On exhibition at Protea Hotel Franschhoek

3185 – Echoes of Time

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3518 – New Large Wordless Place

160cm x 160cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3176 – Echo

120cm x 120cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3217 – Dispersal of Energy 2

65cm x 65cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3950 – Studio Floorworks and Faraway Stars 1

190cm x 220cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3966 – Studio Floorworks and Faraway Stars 3

120cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

3981 – Studio Floorworks and Floating Black Holes 2

130cm x 240cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

3975 – Studio Floorworks and Floating Black Holes 1

130cm x 240cm

Studio Droppings on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

Remnants of a Broken Order

These works are about the conclusion of the story I have conveyed in this collection. They are a unique combination of two styles embracing, languid pools of colourful pigment nestled in the crevices of thin black lines, floating peacefully within the world of the raw canvas: a new world, a new order. These pieces emanate from a sense of resolute calmness and compromise after severe conflict. When two opposites join they may create a better form. It speaks so true of the human condition, that if we accept positive change, if we compromise and cooperate with each other, then this symbolism parallels the story of the human condition, a collective understanding that says we can fix together anything that is broken and make together a better original idea.

3326 – Large Remnants of a Broken Order 1

200cm x 200cm

Acrylic and Ink on Canvas and Wood

3327 – Remnants of a Broken Order 1

100cm x 100cm

Acrylic and Ink on Canvas and Wood

3328 – Remnants of a Broken Order 2

100cm x 100cm

Acrylic and Ink on Canvas and Wood

3234 – Remnants of a Broken Order 4

55cm x 70cm

Acrylic and Ink on Canvas and Wood

3813 – New On the Other Side

85cm x 105cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Rhythm Flow Series

This series of works is about the energy and flow that happens kinetically in the air, on a microscopic level beyond the naked eye. At least that’s my mind’s view of this work. It’s the life and movement of things in the crevice of a thicket of trees in a forgotten forest, it’s the warm zephyr winds blowing seeds and detritus here and there. It’s the chaos of life beyond our ordered sense of life. It’s the same idea of a hot summer night, a light breeze and you turn on a flashlight and all the dust and flying things floating and moving with the air are suddenly illuminated and really cool to look at. Or the early morning rays of the sun backlighting the myriads of dust particles floating about endlessly. Life never stops.

3961 – Diurnal Rhythm Flow

120cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3997 – Diurnal Rhythm Flow 3

120cm x 240cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3995 – Nocturnal Rhythm Flow

130 x 240cm

Acrylic on Canvas

3976 – Nocturnal Rhythm Flow 2

120cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at the Lord Charles Somerset Hotel

3967 – Nocturnal Rhythm Flow 1

130cm x 240cm

Acrylic on Canvas

On Exhibition at Arabella Hotel Southern Sun

3979 – Nocturnal Rhythm Flow 3

120cm x 200cm

Acrylic on Canvas

YGGDRASIL

Thin delicate lines, torn paper words, dark matter where there is no shadow without light. The light reaches the branches of the tree, reaching out like cilium, synapses of the brain, determined rivulets moving knowledge, energy, sensations, love, hate, life and death. Yggdrasil is the given name in Nordic folk law to an immense mythical and spiritually charged Ash tree. To the Vikings, this tree was the epicentre to the cosmos, of heaven and earth, yet another ubiquitous idea of the tree of life and knowledge. But an idea nonetheless that we can relate to as humans reaching out to improve and explore and most importantly expand our understanding of where we fit into the story of the universe and that of our own inner selves.