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Matt HigginsTwo Sailboats, Contemporary Landscape Painting2024
2024
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This vibrant painting captures an abstracted seascape at sunset, rendered with bold, impasto brushstrokes and vivid, contrasting colors. The scene features two sailboats gliding across a deep blue sea, their white sails sharply angled as if catching a strong breeze. The sailboats are painted with thick, expressive strokes of oil, lending the forms a sculptural, almost tactile presence.
The sky above is ablaze with intense shades of orange, red, and yellow, evoking the saturated drama of a sunset. A bright yellow sun hovers near the top right, partially enveloped by swirling clouds rendered in thick, gestural strokes of orange and red. Streaks of yellow and dark accents cut through the sky, suggesting the last rays of sunlight and drifting clouds.
The horizon line, marked by a vibrant strip of yellow, separates the burning sky from the cool, undulating sea below. The blue of the water is energetic and layered, interspersed with strokes of other hues, giving the surface a sense of motion and depth.
This painting emphasizes texture, spontaneity, and emotion, rather than realism. The exaggerated color palette and the thick application of oil paint give it a dreamlike, almost childlike quality that borders on abstraction. The result is a striking and expressive image that invites the viewer into a heightened, almost fantastical vision of a maritime sunset.
Matt Higgins b. 1987 is both an artist and an art professor based in Philadelphia, PA. He engages in a consistent studio practice, with a primary focus on painting across various bodies of work. He received his BFA from West Chester University in 2011 and his MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2017. As well as maintaining a regular studio practice, he teaches at a few schools in the area including Drexel University, Delaware County Community College and Moore College of Art and Design. His art is included in numerous private collections and has been featured in a diverse range of interior design projects, spanning residential properties, corporations, and hotels. Both his home and studio are located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and son.
- Creator:Matt Higgins (1987, Irish, Polish)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1925216413242
Matt Higgins is an artist and art professor who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pa. He received his MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and BFA from West Chester University. His work is included in numerous private and public collections throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. His various bodies of work focus on themes of abstraction, the landscape and text based paintings. His work can be viewed as a constant progression, as well as a cycle from one body of work to the next. He often times returns to existing themes or motifs with a fresh outlook after departing for periods of time. Growth and learning is a significant part of the artists practice and this continued openness and exploration is what keeps his work fresh and original from one body of work to the next, never settling for predictability or the mundane.
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