Painter · Bentonville, Arkansas
Dylan Yarter
Scratched-line figures in black and white, worked into the paint on large canvas. Painting since 2018, drawing the BizarreBeasts since 2021, full time in the studio since 2026.
Statement
I make BizarreBeasts: primitive animal and humanoid shapes, hand-drawn in ink, paint, and digitally. Every one is its own beast, and none of them ask permission to exist.
My practice begins with a single line. The pen goes down and stays down until the shape is finished. I am not trying to draw them accurately, I am trying to draw them true.
The linework belongs to the oldest drawings humans made: the figures at Nazca, the stones of Göbekli Tepe, the painted caves at Lascaux. The line is ancient. The color is not.
I build the software that animates them.
His work
106 pieces
Bull, Fighter
39 x 39 in · Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$3,100
RATTLESNAKE
38 x 38 in · Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$2,950
Four Eyed Brute
60 x 24 in · Mixed Media on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$2,950
Bizarre Bazaar
30 x 40 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$2,700
Bouncer
30 x 40 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$2,700
The Guru
30 x 40 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$2,700
Brain Pain
30 x 40 in · Mixed Media on Canvas
$2,700
The Cave
30 x 40 in · Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$2,700
Beast Bidet
24 x 48 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$2,600
The Snake Strike
59 x 12 in · Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$1,600
Aborigine
12 x 59 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$1,600
Enough Bullshit
20 x 30 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$1,550
Caveman
18 x 24 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$1,125
Armadillo
20 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$1,050
Portrait of a Painter
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Cellular
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Put on Your Face
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Red Eye
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
The Three
16 x 20 in · Mixed Media on Canvas
$825
The Florist
16 x 20 in · Mixed Media on Canvas
$825
Eye Snatcher
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
MUDMAN
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Office Breakroom
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
The Strangler
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Munchies
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Awkward Family Portrait
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Floating Head
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
The Conversation
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
Campfire Stories
16 x 20 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$825
The Snake Charmer
12 x 24 in · Original Acrylic Painting
$750
Confucius
11 x 14 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$460
A Guy and His Cat
11 x 14 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$460
Window Watchers
12 x 12 in · Mixed Media on Paper
From $430
Inner Chaos
12 x 12 in · Mixed Media on Paper
From $430
Desert Totems
10 x 10 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$300
Some Guy
8 x 10 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$240
Unchill Pill
8 x 10 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$240
Grillin'
8 x 10 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$240
1 Eyed Guy
4 x 12 in · Acrylic on Canvas
$140
RATTLESNAKE Art Print
6 x 6 in
From $38
Afterglow 3 Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Magic Man Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Island Life Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Seeing Eye Siamese Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Line of Sight Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
DJ Destruction Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Wake Up Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Mushroom Pagooda Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Miso Monk - Fighting Stance Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Pickin' Shrooms Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Ant Colony Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Melvin Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Under My Umbrella Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Hang Time Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Austin Motel Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Just in Denim Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Shroom Fishin Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Afterglow 2 Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Truly Bamboozled Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Tea Sets Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Italian Sailboat Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Dueling Guitars Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Southwestern Cactus Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Third Eye Kitty Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Sunrise Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Floating Trio Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Mayan Totem Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Daruma-Daishi Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Llama Ask You a Question Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Donnie Donkey Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Ellis Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Finder's Keepers Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
A Walk Through the Forest Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Bye Bye Bun Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
The Palm Reader Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Abstract Vision Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Bad Kitty Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Colorblocked Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
My Muse Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Get Mushy Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Clouds over the Mountains Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Moby Dick Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Eye Okay Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Eyes Okay- Landscape Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Eyes Okay Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
All I See Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Desert Totems Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Asian Village Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
The Bull Fight Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Dragonfly Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Face Studies 1.5 Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Line Faces Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
La Casita Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Mi Pueblo Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
The Mitten Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Free Flies Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Little Blue Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $38
Morning Miso Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Botanical Moth 2 Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
My Guitar Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Line of Sight Art Print
5 x 7 in
From $34
Beach Palms
5 x 7 in
From $19
Conversations No. 1 Art Print
5 x 5 in
From $34
Window Watchers Art Print
5 x 5 in
From $34
Inner Chaos Art Print
5 x 5 in
From $34
BIZARRE BEASTS - CECIL #69, #73, #99 - Art Print
From $39
CV
- 2026Selected, Our Art 2026, Alexander Gallery at Porter Art Warehouse, presented by Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR (juried, upcoming)
- 2026Workshop presenter, Ozark Media Arts Festival, Springdale, AR (upcoming)
- 2026Full time artist; studio established in Bentonville, AR
- 2025A3 Startup Award ($100,000), Arts3 Foundation, administered by Decentralized Pictures
- 2023Annual Black and White Group Show, RTown Gallery, Grapevine, TX (featured artist)
- 2021Began BizarreBeasts, the hand-illustrated animated series, now in production
- 2018Co-founded the studio with Kate Yarter
Commissions are open for large-format work. Paintings ship nationwide; oversized paintings ship via custom quote.
Commission an originalFull portfolio, statement, and printable CV live on the artist site.
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