Matt Straub

"The Past is Not The Past" #4 Mixed Media Acrylic & Spray paint with Silkscreen

The art of Ceravolo created a Buzz when he was commissioned to create five large scale paintings of Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Frank Zappa and Hall and Oates for the...

"Benday Sophia 1" pays tribute to those paintings that became the trademark of Ceravolo's unique and trend setting style of painting. His work is collected worldwide and is in many important collections including, Sir Elton John, Rod Stewart, Hugh Hefner and Prince Jefri of Brunei to name only a few. In addition to those, his paintings came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create 5 large scale paintings for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City. In this painting, Ceravolo has featured an image of his pop art painting of Sophia Loren, and combined it with a pattern of benday dots to create the basis of "Benday Sophia 1". He then paints his trademark brush strokes and textures on the canvas over the pop art portrait. Then, he paints the "floating" illusion that creates the 3d floating effect he is known for. The Canvas measures 36x28".

This one of a kind, Resin work on thick Claybord measures 40x30x3". It combines images of Ceravolo's original super hero paintings with a mixture of images from vintage comic books. Once Ceravolo is satisfied with the composition he then seals in resin this one of a kind image on 3" thick Clayboard. This actual painting was exhibited at the Backus Museum in Florida. Ceravolo's paintings are in many influential corporate and private collections, including: ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HEFNER, DAVID BRENNER, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. His Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades and his art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create 5 large scale oil on canvas portraits of Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne...

We are please to announce that we are now exclusively representing the Pop Art cowboy and cowgirl paintings of the artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been excited about the Pop Western paintings of Straub for more than a decade and are thrilled to have his art in our gallery. Here is the opportunity to purchase an original mixed media painting by Matt Straub at a fraction of the cost of his oil on canvas paintings. This exciting Unique Mixed Media work on paper has a hand painted color abstract background with acrylic and spray paint. Once Matt Straub has painted the abstract background he then silkscreens his Pop art image of the figures in black over his abstract painting. Making each of these mixed media paintings unique and still affordable while getting that unmistakable Cowboy Pop art...

In this original acrylic paint on paper Jose Palacios depicts "Macrogarden 18", in a pop art style. He uses vibrant blue, red, orange and fluorescent green shapes to create his composition. Palacios' work is characterized by it's geometry, precision of his figures and the use of a refreshing and bold palette. Jose Palacios was born in Spain in 1970. A self taught artist, he began his career in the world of comic books and illustration publications. He later transitioned to graphic design and street art. Jose was greatly influenced by the "Movida Madrileña" an explosive cultural period in the 1980's during Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy which produced arist's such as Ceesepe, Fernando Vicente, Ana Juan, Ouka Leele and Javier de Juan.

In this original acrylic paint on paper Jose Palacios depicts "Macrogarden 09", in a pop art style reminiscent of Henri Matisse. He uses vibrant green, red, blue and purple leaf like shapes to create his composition. Palacios' work is characterized by it's geometry, precision of his figures and the use of a refreshing and bold palette. Jose Palacios was born in Spain in 1970. A self taught artist, he began his career in the world of comic books and illustration publications. He later transitioned to graphic design and street art. Jose was greatly influenced by the "Movida Madrileña" an explosive cultural period in the 1980's during Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy which produced arist's such as Ceesepe, Fernando Vicente, Ana Juan, Ouka Leele and Javier de Juan.

In this original acrylic paint on paper Jose Palacios depicts "Macrogarden 07", in a pop art style. He uses vibrant green, pink and fluorescent yellow shapes to create his composition. Two cartoon like eyes peek out from behind a green brush stroke and a floating cloud is seen in the upper right hand corner. Palacios' work is characterized by it's geometry, precision of his figures and the use of a refreshing and bold palette. Jose Palacios was born in Spain in 1970. A self taught artist, he began his career in the world of comic books and illustration publications. He later transitioned to graphic design and street art. Jose was greatly influenced by the "Movida Madrileña" an explosive cultural period in the 1980's during Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy which produced arist's such as Ceesepe, Fernando Vicente, Ana Juan, Ouka Leele and Javier de Juan.

This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. In this case, the painting is a profile por...