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Tony Wild

Inevitable Collapse

Inevitable Collapse

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Tony Wild creates large-scale abstract paintings using oil and cold wax, exploring surface, structure, and the tension between control and collapse. Through layering and reductive techniques, his textured works echo weathered walls and eroded facades—gestures toward memory, time, and imperfection.

Size: 60 cm (H) x 60 cm (W)

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Artwork Details

Materials
Oil and Cold Wax on Board

Size
60 cm (H) x 60 cm (W)

Framing
Framed in Oak

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Artist Statement

My work sits in that space between control and letting go. Some days it feels like my intention is guiding every mark; other days I'm just the medium and the marks come from somewhere else entirely. I prefer the latter — that's the flow state for me.

Every painting starts with an idea, but the process always pushes back. I work with oil and cold wax because they're flexible and unpredictable. The wax flips the traditional oil-painting approach on its head, making the whole process looser and more organic. It also retains everything — every mark, hesitation, and decision. Through layering, scraping back, and rebuilding, each piece eventually reveals something I could never have planned.

I'm drawn to decay and the beauty of broken things: weathered walls, worn facades, aged stone, decaying leaves. These objects carry their own history, and those marks often mirror my internal landscape. Each painting becomes its own kind of excavation. Sometimes the work resists, sometimes it changes direction completely, and I've learned to trust that shift.

Texture is the language of my practice. It lets me explore decay in a way that feels authentic — echoing the impact of time on the objects and places that catch my eye. When I work back into the layers, my marks are a humble attempt to capture how time and nature shape everything as we move through our own cycles.

I let each work unfold at its own pace. At its core, my work is about acceptance, resilience, and finding beauty in broken things.

Tony Wild

About the artist

Tony Wild

Tony Wild is an Australian abstract artist known for large-scale, textured oil and cold-wax works that explore surface, structure, and the quiet tension between control and collapse.

Working primarily with compression, layering, and reductive techniques, Tony builds his paintings through a slow, physical process — adding, scraping back, and reconstructing until each piece finds its own rhythm. His surfaces often echo weathered walls, eroded facades, and the marks left by time, acting as both external landscapes and internal metaphors.

Tony's practice centres on materiality and emotional honesty. Rather than chasing perfection, he leans into uncertainty, allowing each work to shift, resist, or surprise him. This approach gives his paintings a grounded sense of depth and presence, where texture becomes a language for memory, change, and the unseen structures we carry.

Based in Sydney, Tony is represented by SIBU Gallery. His work has gained strong traction with collectors, with recent pieces selling within days and demand for new work continuing to grow.

Tony is focused on deepening the scale, ambition, and value of his practice, while continuing to make art that speaks to authenticity, resilience, and the beauty found in imperfection.

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