Sculptures and Paintings by Val Polyanin - Psychedelic Art - Truly Original and Bizarre... Located at 1100 Highway 101, Crescent City, CA 95521 phone 707-458-5093

psychedelic art by Val Polyanin in Crescent City, CA

psychedelic art by Val Polyanin in Crescent City, CA

Val Polyanin emigrated from the Ukraine and now lives in northern Humboldt County, California, land of monumental redwood trees and foggy coastlines. For a time he was licensed to practice as a security guard, but the license has elapsed.
He displays a selection of his sculpture in front and inside of a roadside art gallery that appears to have been a railroad freight car, just south of the town of Crescent City; his primary target audience is the drive-by tourist. Polyanin’s works are created from a variety of media and many are painted with strong and sometimes discordant colors. And unlike many of the roadside art/sculpture stands that dot this northern stretch of Highway 101 – chainsaw-carved bears, mushrooms, and cutesy plaques – much of this artist’s imagery is disturbing: the Grim Reaper, shocked and crying figures, decapitated heads, and the like appear prominently among his oeuvre. Sizes range from table-top to larger than human scale. There are also vertical abstractions, however, that appear to be more about form than narrative, and expressionist paintings – both figurative and abstract – are displayed within the gallery.
The exterior works are viewable 24/7; when the artist is around and the art gallery is open, the interior pieces are viewable as well.

psychedelic art by Val Polyanin in Crescent City, CA


psychedelic art by Val Polyanin in Crescent City, CA
psychedelic art by Val Polyanin in Crescent City, CA



































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