Matthew Rowean

March 14, 2013

2013 work so far…

March 12, 2013

Evergreen Heavy Gell coat over gold underpainting. Base work for this piece done.

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March 7, 2013

Aurelia in bloom.

Acrylic on wood.

36’ x 80’

2013

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February 20, 2013

Finally got some time to get back into this piece. Tonight I finished the midtones. Tomorrow; final details and done…

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February 7, 2013

Close up of neon install on the aluminum panel currently being installed in TOY. Should be up in a few days

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January 24, 2013

Working on several pieces at once helps me create consistency.

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January 24, 2013

Adding in Darker colors for depth.

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January 24, 2013

Building more layers & depth to background…will soon go back in and add darkness for depth.

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November 8, 2012

HERCULES & NESSUS

2012

Watercolor & India Ink

18’ x 24’

In Greek mythology, it is the shirt (chiton) daubed with the tainted blood of the centaur Nessus that Deianeira, Hercules’ wife, naïvely gave Hercules, burning him, and driving him to throw himself onto a funeral pyre.

Metaphorically, it represents “a source of misfortune from which there is no escape; a fatal present; anything that wounds the susceptibilities”or a “destructive or expiatory force or influence”

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November 5, 2012

Process….Been a while since updating, going to get better about that. Currently developing a body of work exploring mythology, artifact and allegory…

Hercules & Nessus

18’ x 24’

Watercolor

Mid-tones & figure study complete. I will now be developing the blacks & shadows along with darkening the background…Color will become more of an ‘accent’ right now I think its too cheery for the subject matter.

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