Matt Higgins

This abstract painting shows bold strokes of vivid orange layered across a soft neutral background. The gestural brushwork creates a sense of movement and energy, while the contrast ...

This painting was created from a photograph taken during a snowy weekend at the artist’s mother-in-law’s home in New York. A single evergreen stands in a quiet, snow-covered yard, se...

Painted plein air in oil on panel, this work captures the landscape of the artist’s childhood home, rendered directly from life. The immediacy of outdoor observation is evident in th...

This piece is an abstract acrylic painting created on a wood panel. It features a bold, energetic composition built from large, block-like shapes and expressive strokes of saturated ...

This abstract painting features bold, expressive black brushstrokes on a soft neutral background, creating a composition with both movement and balance. The substantial depth of the ...

This painting was constructed using a number of attached surfaces including canvas, muslin and plastic debris. Attaching strips of canvas allows me to recycle used material into new...

In this abstract landscape painting, a captivating scene unfolds on a canvas brought to life by layers of oil paint. Against a deep black background, a juxtaposition of elements emer...

This abstract piece explores balance through bold black brushstrokes set against a soft neutral background. The composition combines sweeping gestures and organic forms, creating a s...

A joyful sunflower field comes to life in this 11x14" acrylic painting on wood panel. Bold yellow blooms rise against a vivid blue sky, their dark centers and expressive brushstrokes...

This is the fourth and most ambitious Paradise painting in this series. The series began in 2022 and has continued to evolve. This new oil painting carries a heightened sense of dept...

Horizon presents a distilled landscape reduced to its essential elements: sky, land, and sun. Broad horizontal fields of saturated blue and red meet in a soft, wavering line, suggest...

This painting is a bold abstract painting built from thick, gestural brushstrokes in deep green, burnt red, and vibrant orange, punctuated with small accents of ultramarine blue. A l...

This painting by contemporary artist and professor, Matt Higgins, is a bold, abstract composition that unfolds across the panel in vivid, high-contrast color. Fluid, ribbon-like form...

This series began in 2022 and has continued to evolve. These new oil paintings carry a heightened sense of depth and material presence, offering a particularly focused expression of ...

This abstract painting uses bold shapes and strong color contrasts to create a sense of movement across the canvas. Areas of blue form the background, while orange, yellow, green, an...

Tectonic Heat is built through a slow process of layering and revision over the course of several months. The surface developed through repeated applications of paint, removal, and r...

This vibrant abstract painting features bold red and orange tones layered with expressive, gestural brushwork. Accents of soft white, blue, and green punctuate the composition, creat...

This artwork was crafted using acrylic paint on canvas, featuring a mix of geometric and organic shapes in a green palette. The painting was created in large confident brushstrokes a...

The artwork "Trap" evolved through multiple sessions, employing a diverse application of layered oil paint techniques such as brushwork, direct tube application, and blending with wa...

This work presents a striking interplay of deep cobalt blue and vibrant orange, layered with lighter blue and off white passages that suggest fluid movement across the surface. The b...

"Afterparty" is an oil-on-canvas painting that employs a vocabulary of geometric shapes, blending together to form new and unforeseen moments. Originally executed with acrylic on can...

This large-scale oil painting on a wood panel bursts with kinetic energy and bold color, dominated by a vivid red background that envelops and contrasts with dynamic strokes of blue,...

This artwork evolved gradually through a lengthy process, employing oil on canvas along with affixed sections of canvas. The painting incorporates fragments from earlier smaller work...

This painting combines organic shapes with gestural brushwork that suggests the human form. Executed in oil on canvas, it reveals the textured grit of the artist’s process and the la...

Painted using a combination of imagination and photographic reference, this piece shows a barren, dreamy desert landscape a theme the artist uses in much of his work. Painted with ac...

This piece was created with generous brushstrokes of oil paint, loosely referencing a desert landscape. The title Strange Terrain comes from the nature of the painting being in an i...

Summer Horizon is a contemporary abstract landscape painting that uses acrylic paint to stain the canvas and form large areas of color and shape. The open area of blue brings to min...

Elusive Orange uses bold brushwork and strong dynamic figure-ground relationships to create a balanced and intriguing abstract composition. The evidence of the process can be seen in...

Collage has always been a part of the artist's work. The idea of reusing, recontextualizing, and even resurrecting parts of the painting. From an economic standpoint the materials ar...

This vibrant painting captures an abstracted seascape at sunset, rendered with bold, impasto brushstrokes and vivid, contrasting colors. The scene features two sailboats gliding acro...

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...

This painting is part of the Slow Down series, which began in 2021 and remains ongoing. It features a serene landscape with a palm tree, gentle waves, and a crescent moon. At the top...

This painting is a rhythmic and energetic abstract composition that combines bold color, dynamic form, and the physical layering of materials. The artist employs sweeping shapes and ...

This painting was created using layered washes of black acrylic as a backdrop, with bold applications of oil paint and oil sticks worked energetically across the surface. It depicts ...

This painting uses an interplay of dark green, black, and negative space, forming abstract, gestural shapes that evoke a sense of rhythm and movement. The composition balances dense,...

This painting was created over several months with intermittent pauses throughout the process. The primary composition was established early on, but the surface evolved as layers of ...

This painting came about through process and experimentation with layering and combining geometric shapes. Throughout the process of creation I was listening to electronic / dance mu...

It may be hard to believe, but Summer Morning began as a flurry of overlapping text and expressive black-and-white oil paint. Seeking solace amidst the chaos of emotive words, Higgin...

This painting evolved over several months, undergoing numerous changes and iterations throughout its creation. Like many of the artist's oil paintings, it was allowed to rest at vari...

Excerpt from the Palm series 2023 - Present The artworks presented here depict palm-like plants in mostly nocturnal and enigmatic settings, often against mountainous backdrops and o...

Scorched shows and intensely heated landscape with the sun hovering overhead. Plant life struggles to stay alive in this hot climate and the plants he...

Cosmic Blossoms is a vibrant and expressive oil painting that continues the artist’s ongoing exploration of floral, plant life and landscape motifs set against surreal, dreamlike lan...

This painting is part of the artists' Paradise series, an ongoing project that began in 2021. Several works from the series were recently exhibited during Miami Art Week 2024 in collaboration with the artist's gallery. Created with acrylic paint on a custom wood panel, the piece employs a palette of black and tan to depict a dynamic landscape rich with energy and expressive language. A recurring motif in the series, this painting features a palm tree, waves, and clouds. The palm tree—a...