Spotlight Artist

Walter Matthews

South
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A Silent Arrival

Abstract painting of an owl under a starry night sky with swirling blue and purple hues.

oil on canvas

Remote Viewer (Landing)

Van parked under colorful, swirling night sky with trees and a small house nearby.

oil on canvas

Sunday Morning

Colorful landscape painting with trees, a tire, lush plants, and a bright sky.

oil on canvas

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Artist Statement

 What began as simply drawing upon my immediate surroundings during the Covid pandemic shutdown in 2020, these recent paintings have evolved into explorations of a kind of magical realism. Subjects seem to awaken with sentience, embarking on hallucinatory journeys that intertwine pleasure and conspiracy. Through this transformation, the ordinary dissolves into a realm where the mundane and the paranormal, desire and paranoia, bleed freely.

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