Scott Dykema

The inside of a 1947 Chevy school bus is the creative refuge for Arlington, Texas artist Scott Dykema, and it also provides the perfect backdrop for his large-scale paintings in which he expertly interplays such diverse media as spray paint, gold and silver leaf, house paints, and stains and varnishes. An intuitive artist with a keen grasp of space, texture, and color interaction, Scott’s highly energetic and even jubilant work ranges from the abstract to studies of such diverse subjects as cowboys, Native Americans, sumo wrestlers, samurai warriors, and geisha women.

While finishing his degree in Fine Art at the University of Texas at Arlington , where he graduated with honors, Scott apprenticed as a decorative artist’s assistant working on large scale murals, including four immense works that were hung in the Houston’s Minute Maid Stadium. Upon graduation, Scott and his wife, Anna, started a decorative painting business called Daydream Studios. His work there, which includes everything from tinted plaster finishes to metal leafing to private and public murals, is featured in homes and businesses throughout Texas.

As for his fine art, Scott’s strikingly unique work has been featured in numerous publications, includin...

BFA Fine Art UTA Arlington, TX
Graduated Summa Cum Laude - emphasis on painting

2000 Works By Scott Dykema and Austin Haynes
Gallery 171: Arlington, TX
2000 Summertime Collection: Works of Water from Scott Dykema
Gallery 171: Arlington, TX
2000 Membership Show: Dallas Visual Art Center: Dallas, TX
2001 Recent Photographs: Circa Gallery: Arlington, TX
2004 Hue Gallery: Arlington, TX
2005 Hue Gallery: Mansfield, TX
2007 Hue Gallery: Mansfield, TX
2008 Dulce Interiors: Dallas, TX
2008 Gallery Art Café: Ft. Worth, TX
2009 Hue Gallery : Mansfield, TX
2010 Hue Gallery: Mansfield, TX
2010 Eclectic Expressions: Arlington,TX
2010 Dulce: Dallas, TX
2011 Eclectic Expressions: Book Art Images: Arlington,TX
2011 F6 Gallery: Art Bowl: Arlington,TX
2011 Texas Visual Art Association: Juried Show: Dallas, TX
2012 Hue Gallery: Solo Show: Mansfield, TX
2014 Atrium Gallery: Group Show: Fort Worth, TX
2015 Dulce: Dallas Solo show
2016 Victoria Printz Gallery: Solo Show: Midland, TX
2017 Wall Gallery: Solo Show: Dallas, TX
2017 Tracy Miller Gallery: Group show: Colorado Springs, CO