Dayle Bolton’s splendidly costumed circus characters are juxtaposed against minimalist backdrops. One might encounter, through Bolton’s classical settings, the solitary moment of a performer behind the curtain stage, or a juggler in full flight, on a wind-swept beach.​​​​​​​ The viewer is immersed in a poignant and nostalgic sensory experience; a tender moment between a circus dog and performer, is captured with gothic references to a bygone era. Complexities of the human condition are satirically captured on canvas, hinting at darker themes of isolation and loss. The theatrically composed works transport us on a journey to explore the profane, and to witness a mythology that is, at once, familiar and strange. Probing and haunting, the carnival of characters tempts the viewer to peep into a voyeuristic world.