Palm Fritz

View from the Backseat 2021

Postcard Humidex II 2021

Palm Fritz 2021

Mirage II

Phantoms 2020

Palm trees on this hazy day.

https://matthewcatalano.partial.gallery

Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory    Digital Image 2020

Whether Station

Whether Station Digital Image 2019

The Nurococo : League Game

League Game Digital Image 2020

Some new work, playing with the idea of still life and pattern. I have been mildly obsessed with the Rococo as of late and can see parallels between that age and our own. Social media is the new garden party or fête galante  heralding the Nurococo. I like the idea of playing with opulence as decoration and image replacing meaning.

A little about my process: The images are digital, I create everything with a tablet and a stylus. I use Artrage and Procreate with minor fine tuning in Photoshop. There is no copy and paste, no filters, no ghost in the machine. All aspects are hand drawn: pattern, gems (one triangle at a time) etc. Painterly aspects are created in Artrage, wet into wet for flowers, landscape elements and abstract expressionist flourishes. I use multiple layers and sometimes repeat layers but for the most part I want my hand to be visible.

For more, come find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/matthew.catalano/

Side Pocket

Side Pocket     Digital Image 2018

Margin Romance

Margin Romance Digital Image 2018

Float Bounce Drift

Float Bounce Drift Digital Image 2018

So Much for Polite Conversation

So Much for Polite Conversation Digital Image 2018 

Fever Dream

Fever Dream Digital Image 2018

Playing with Cartoon Expressionism 

Semi-Precious

 

Semi-Precious Digital Image 2018

I’ve been having a pretty productive summer so far. This is part of my Montreal paintings. Come find me on Instagram for more.