Sold DEFILED paintings

A selection of DEFILED paintings that have found homes in private collections around the world. These works are no longer available, but new collaborations are added regularly.

Sold paintings

Still Life with Orange Tulips. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Still Life with Orange Tulips

11"x16" · acrylic/oil on paper

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trifecta. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Trifecta

18"x12" · acrylic/ink/mixed on paper

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chicken. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Chicken (#1)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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chicken. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Chicken (#2)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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pig. sesow & ellyn collaboration

Little Piggy

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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rising star. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Rising Star

18"x12" · acrylic/ink/mixed on paper

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redacted. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Redacted

8.5"x11" · acrylic/ink/mixed on paper

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hive mind. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Hive Mind

9"x18" · acrylic on mat board

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COLLAB painting Dream State by Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow — a figure emerging mid-speech through chaotic brushwork, a dripping American flag, and acid green background

Dream State

23" x 31" · oil/acrylic/mixed on paper

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Expressive portrait of a woman standing with her arm raised and wearing Statue of Liberty crown

Liberty

12" x 18" · acrylic on paper

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A terrified woman cowers as monstrous faces and U.S. symbols swirl in black, white, and red—conjuring nightmares of power and control.

Sleeper Cell (#2)

12 x 18" · ink/acrylic on paper

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Over Your Head. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Over Your Head

11"x14" · acrylic/oil on cardboard

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painting featuring a grid of abstract skull-like faces labeled with poets' names. Carson McCullers and Allen Ginsberg are realistically painted, contrasting with the stylized figures.

A Gathering of Poets

26" x 40" · oil/acrylic on paper

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Montage of abstracted portraits of all US Presidents with realistic portrait of Obama.

Presidents (Obama)

18" x 24" · ink/acrylic on paper

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Art Imitates Life collaboration by Ellyn and Sesow

Art Imitates Life

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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Crowned figure riding a horse, holding reins, with American flag sketch and bold yellow abstract background.

Hold On

11" x 17" · acrylic on paper

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owl. sesow & ellyn collaboration

Owl

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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raven. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Raven (#1)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Veruca Salt collaboration Sesow and Ellyn

Daughter

9" x 12" · acrylic/oil on watercolor board

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Expressionist painting of a child with a large head holding a worn yellow stuffed rabbit, seated in an industrial landscape with dark sketchy structures and stark shadows.

Mine

12" x 18" · acrylic on paper

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Colorful turkey with expressive eye by Ellyn and Sesow

Turkey (#2)

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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Happy to be Me. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Happy to be Me

6" x 8.25" · Acrylic/oil on watercolor paper

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a split portrait of a girl who is half laughing, half yelling surrounded by American Flags

It's Complicated

12" x 18" · acrylic/charcoal on paper

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A baby lies in the foreground as chaotic black-and-white figures loom above, evoking themes of danger, innocence, and fear.

Sleeper Cell

12 x 18" · ink/acrylic on paper

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Expressive portrait inspired by Olympic hockey victory, featuring a smiling figure in American flag colors with dynamic abstract marks.

Victory

12" x 18" · acrylic on paper

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4 abstract 1 realistic owls in black white and red on blue background

Parliament of Owls

12" x 18" · acrylic/ink on paper

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A wide-eyed rabbit confronts chaos in this expressive collab work, layered with bold black swipes and visceral red energy.

Beauty and the Beast

12" x 18" · acrylic/ink on paper

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an expressionistic abstract woman with large teeth and red lips throwing a crying baby in the air.

Uplifting

8.5" x 11.5" · acrylic on paper

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A woman with raised fist holding protest sign reading Free Speech, wearing pink pussy hat

Free Speech

12" x 18" · acrylic/ink on paper

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Naked woman sitting crosslegged on floor with drink by Sesow and Ellyn

Follow the Leader

8.5" x 11.75" · Acrylic/charcoal on paper

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Jimothy. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Jimothy

8.5"x11" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Poe. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Poe (#1)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Poe. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Poe (#3)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Poe. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Poe (#4)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Little Piggies. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Little Piggies (#1)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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little Piggies. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Little Piggies (#2)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Lincoln. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Lincoln (#4)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Lincoln. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Lincoln (#1)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Lincoln. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Lincoln (#2)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Raven. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Raven (#2)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Poe. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Poe (#2)

5"x7" · acrylic on watercolor paper

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Woman with two faces, red hair wearing purple dress surrounded by phoenix bird drawings

Flurry of Phoenixes

18" x 24" · acrylic/oil/charcoal on paper

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Turkey 3/4 view collaboration by Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow

Turkey

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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Lincoln. Sesow & Ellyn collaboration

Lincoln

5"x7" · acrylic/oil on watercolor paper

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Dorothy Parker. Ellyn and Sesow collaboration

Dorothy Parker

9.25" x 12.5" · acrylic/oil on watercolor paper

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Portrait of Pierre Bonnard by Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow

Visiting Pierre (Bonnard)

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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a screaming child with balled fists by Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn

Quiet Time

6" x 9" · acrylic on bristol paper

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Going Nowhere is a dual portrait collaboration by Ellyn and Sesow

Going Nowhere

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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Vigilant Chicken

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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Observant Chicken

12" x 18" · acrylic/oil on paper

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DEFILED Archive

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