Lyall Aston

 

Brought up by a man who walked into the wild, born under an incandescent African sky at the far tip of the globe, I was a child bathed under a fluorescent rainbow so deep and high beside a rugged ocean, so wild and free inspired by the might of the point breaks and the two oceans meeting. I was born to capture light & life’s spontaneous moments with a hunters repartee, whet by the taste of the unknown, far from the smell of home, inspired by perfection and never fleeting. Cities anew, lands uncharted, lessons all learned with an open mind and trusting eye. I work as hard as the day is long, for there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. If this is all you’ll ever know about me, it’s enough to say you know me well.

HERE YOU GO — SOLO EXHIBITION
“Aston’s mastery is not just technical, though the compositions are taut and his control of shadow and light is surgical. What elevates Here You Go is the emotional undercurrent running through each frame: vulnerability is masked as poise, and nostalgia is dressed as style. The exhibition’s title feels like a whisper from the artist himself — Here You Go, as if Aston is handing over pieces of a past not fully his, but not entirely ours.” — Musée Magazine
There are artists who capture what is seen — and then there are artists who expose what is felt. Lyall Aston stands in the latter lineage.
Born beneath a blazing African sky on a coastline where two oceans wage their eternal push and pull, Aston learned early that beauty is both fleeting and ferocious. Here You Go is the culmination of that lifelong pursuit: a cinematic offering of memory, myth, restraint, and revelation.
Each image is polished with the precision of fashion yet driven by the vulnerability of lived experience. Light becomes confession. Shadow becomes invitation. And the viewer is not merely observing — they are implicated, seduced, and spoken to. This is nostalgia sharpened into elegance, emotion distilled into form.
Aston’s work has spanned continents, luxury houses, and iconic publications, but Here You Go is his most intimate unveiling to date — a collector’s body of work for those who crave depth, rarity, and resonance that lingers long after the gaze is gone.
                                                                                                                                                Select works available in limited editions.
Private acquisitions and commissions by request.
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