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1970, Washington, DC |
| About the Artist | |
I paint in the style of Magic Realism, my own style, based on realistic subjects, where I tweak the dimensions to add time and space, accentuating colors and details. |
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Lovers in Santa Croce
2005 |
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| Lovers in Santa Croce is a complex painting where reality and fantasy meet. We dream about young love while we look at Italian architecture. This painting won first place at the Art Periscope 2006 contest. SOLD |
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Campanile di Giotto
2003 |
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| Campanile di Giotto is an example of Magic Realism, where time and space bend to fit into this unique place. Details are king in this painting which took over 4 months to complete. SOLD |
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Santa Trinità Bridge
2002 |
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| Magic realism works in this painting bending time and space to include both sides of the Arno in the composition. SOLD |
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Piazza Frescobaldi
2003 |
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| Adding space to the left and the right we are asked which way to go, as if we could predict our future. The spitting statue in the middle gives us no indication which way to go, that is up to us! SOLD |
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Venezia
2005 |
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| This small painting was complicated to create, but it was worth it. Venezia is a beautiful place, and I needed to take part in its beauty. SOLD |
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Mercato di San Lorenzo
2006 |
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| Every year I do one big painting, this one took 8 months to complete and it is my most elaborate yet. It captures the daily life of the Florentine open market, which is transitory while the church stands on watching over the centuries. It is also dedicated to Michelangelo who designed the small chapel. $20000 |
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Waiting in Line at the Uffizi
2007 |
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| This is the classic scene in Firenze, however, I have added to the view so you see over 100° of an arc, more than a full turn from right to left. €5600 Available at NEEL Gallery www.galerie-neel.com |
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SoHo, New York City
2007 |
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| New York has always been one of my favorite places. Here is how it talks to me, through its architecture, through its people.
€2900 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com/ |
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Botticeli e Filippino
2004 |
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| €3200 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com/ |
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Santa Trinita Revisited
2007 |
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| Five years ago I did a painting of this bridge, I came back to make an even larger version, with a different angle which bends space and time adding to the design to give it fourth dimensional qualities.
€5600 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Tulips
2007 |
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| This is a fun painting that I made recently to experiment with larger than life realism. $2900 |
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Apoxyomenos - Greek Statue
2007 |
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Last winter there was a great artistic event in Firenze, the exhibition of the recently restored "Apoxyomenos of Losinj" (Croatia). I was incredibly inspired by this masterpiece of antiquity. I took lots of photos of the statue, and the above painting was inspired directly from my visit to Palazzo Medici, where the statue was on display. The painting is larger than life, made this way so I could explore the intricate details of this Greek jewel which is over 2000 years old. SOLD
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Girls of Montmartre
2008 |
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| This is my first Paris painting. €3800 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Victorian Greenhouse
2008 |
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| The Victorian Greenhouse in this painting is in Firenze, and is one of the largest in Italy. €4900 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Spring Blossoms
2008 |
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| From a plum tree in my last home, I made this painting to remember the warm sunshine that swam over my face after a cold winter. €750 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Yellow Orchids
2008 |
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| €750 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Nymph of the Fields
2009 |
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| On a recent trip home to Washington, DC, I found this beautiful statue at the National Gallery. I added the background which makes for a stunning contrast between the immobile folds on the statue and the breezy folds of the velvet curtain. $2700 |
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Nymph of the Fields 2
2009 |
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Yellow Tulips
2008 |
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| €750 Available at Galerie Neel www.galerie-neel.com |
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Elba
2009 |
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In Arte, Buddha
2009 |
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| Education and biography | |
| I went to Sidwell Friends where I learned how to love painting, followed by 3 years at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco where I learned the basics of design and drawing techniques. 15 years of living in Florence has taught me more than anything else about what art is and how to be a serious artist. Just being able to compare the quality of the work here with my own has helped enormously. 1997 Artisans Gallery, Washington D.C. 1998 Watergate Gallery, Washington D.C. 1998-2000 Mannaioni Gallery, Firenze 1998 Piansa Gallery, Firenze 1998 Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. 2001 American Consulate, Firenze 2001 Ken’s Gallery, Firenze 2001 Florence Art Gallery, Firenze 2001 Art-E-Mail, Marbella, Spain 2002 Agora Gallery, New York City 2002 Art-E-Mail, Marbella, Spain 2003 Enoteca Giraldi, Firenze 2004 Figaro Gallery, Annandale, Virginia 2005 Figaro Gallery, Annandale, Virginia 2006 Flowers That Last Forever - May 13 - June 11, 2006 - Figaro Gallery, Annandale, Virginia 2006 "Art in Progress" Featured artist on Italian TV Channel "Leonardo" 2008 NEEL Gallery, Paris 2009 NEEL Gallery, Paris 2009 Galerie NEEL, Cannes |
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| NEEL GALLERY, 2 place des Vosges - 75004 Paris|www.neelgallery.com | |
| Website: www.mattbates.net | |
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