Matt Higgins

Life Is Great, Contemporary Text Painting

2023

Traveling Solo takes place in a mysterious landscape of floating, energetic geometric and lyrical shapes. The direct application of textured oil paint over thin flashe paint ground c...

This painting combines abstract mark-making, geometric shapes, collaged canvas, and intricate line work. The title "No Expectations" reflects its intuitive, process-driven creation. ...

This painting embodies the concept that good things, or even better-than-expected outcomes, are destined for you. The bright colors and playful shapes suggest a vague landscape, imbuing the artwork with a sense of positivity and mystery. This notion inherently carries a great deal of the unknown. Created with acrylic on canvas, the bright shapes hinting at the landscape possess a smooth finish, contrasting with the brushy background of green. Matt Higgins b. 1987 is an artist and art professor who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pa. He maintains a regular studio practice in the Fishtown neighborhood focusing on painting in a variety of styles and bodies of work. His work is included in numerous private collections and has been included in a wide range of interior design projects including residential properties, corporations, hotels and Apple TV...

This painting was created using acrylic paint on raw canvas. The washy moments of paint create variations of black and grey tones and texture. The bold geometric shapes loosely refer...

While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...

While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...

While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is really after an expression of what occurs in the atmosphere, far above ground, and how those occurrences affect what we can see, feel and touch back on the earth’s surface. Through the artist’s unique mixture of materials, applied with her signature expressive and bold brushwork, Krieger tackles what is in constant flux—the sunlight, rain, electrical storms, thunder, wind and air. In "Chaos Theory...

While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...