Matthew Alfonso Durante Paintings

Acrylic, dye, pencil on canvas.

A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good in...

This painting invites the viewer into a quiet, surreal moment suspended between reality and dream. A young woman, draped in black, leans forward onto a round wooden table, her postur...

This painting reimagines Valentin Serov’s iconic “Girl with Peaches” through the emotional and psychological lens of contemporary Ukraine. In Serov’s original, the young girl sits in...

This striking, contemporary painting invites the viewer into a space of quiet mystery and irony. A young woman with auburn hair, dressed in a dark, structured dress, stands confide...

This painting is a rich, sophisticated piece that tells a universal story — a story of renewal, transformation, and the hope that lies within change. At its center, the modern “Venus...

In this piece, I poured raw emotion with delicate lines and soft colors, capturing a fleeting moment of intimacy and connection. The blending of acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and pen ...

An original oil on canvas which is attributed verso to Isaac Mucheron with figure by Vandveldt. The scene depicts a nude in an Arcadia classical landscape with ruins. Fresh colour an...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the validity of the canon, paintings of the old masters on the walls of museums like the Met, the Louvre, Rijks museum still have a certain cache. They're revered not just for their technique but because they enshrine our collective past experience. Of course, it's a selected past that gets validated. Conspicuously absent to me as a gay man...

In this piece, I poured my emotions into every brushstroke, blending acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and pen to breathe life into a vibrant tree. The mix of expressionism and impression...

With vibrant acrylic, pastel, and watercolor, I poured raw emotion into this piece—an energetic symphony of shape and color. The swirling patterns and fragmented forms echo movement ...