Pint of Guinness at The Fiddler’s Elbow, Santa Maria Novella in the background, Watercolour on Paper (2023)
During my MA studies at Gray’s school of art (2019-21) I was fortunate to be awarded a John Kinross scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, enabling me to study in Florence. I undertook the scholarship in October 2022, and have added a selection of works relating to the scholaship to the website at this page: https://mattwells.art.blog/florence/
30 x 25cm, acrylic on canvas
My small canvas studies base on the monochrome illustrations in Cesar Ripa’s iconologia continue. These are learning aids in a way, embedding postures, fabric folds and symbolic elements in my muscle memory to enhance my improvised drawings.
Allegory of Fidelity, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25cm.
the main composition is borrowed from the moral emblem in Ripa’s Iconologia.
Allegory of The Beginning, acrylic on canvas 30 x 25cm
main pose of the figure and symbolic element of the letter and small man in the creators hand borrowed from the Iconologia.
Lying with the dogs, 2022
Last year I painted “Lying with the dogs” an allegorical image relating to the phrase “if you lie with dogs, you get up with fleas”.
my character is happy in the companionship of his canine friends, and cares not for the judgement of others, represented by the form of a spying cat in the border.
This painting is available with a number of small experimental studies on eBay here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394560071714
Occasionally I make collagey mixed-media works for fun. A way to explore interesting compositions and distortions outside of real world restrictions of perspective and proportion.
They also frequently allow a free exploration of a sort of grotesque as a result of the jarring combination of different scaled elements.
I have added some of these collages to my eBay shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394355872772
Wow, it’s been a while since I updated this site! I will be back soon, but for now, I have made a number of paintings available on eBay!
Check out the available work here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/matwe9458
and pick up a Xmas bargain!
Some of the paintings added to my eBay store
An ongoing work in oil and collage on panel
I was invited by Moray Art Centre to submit work for their Christmas exhibition which is a showcase of recent graduates.
A selection from my series of watercolour illustrations inspired by Manic Street Preachers album “Everything Must Go” are included, and are on view until 20th Jan.
The last (for now?…) studies influenced by songs from the Manic Street Preachers album “Everything Must Go” have been added to the gallery page: https://mattwells.art.blog/narrative-painting/portfolio/
Below are a few of them.
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