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Slow Down Peony, Contemporary Text Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting builds on Higgins’ Slow Down series, which began in 2021. Through an ongoing exploration of the relationship between text and image, Higgins creates works that communic...
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Way Out There, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Interference, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In this piece, the use of negative space highlights each individual marks character, weight and texture. The painting explores various types of mark making and application inspired b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Spades, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting began as an exploration of form and color, with particular attention to the framed edges — a recurring motif in much of Higgins' work. Like all of his pieces, it underw...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Only Paradise, Contemporary Text Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Slow Down, Contemporary Text Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Joshua Tree, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting, created with vibrant oil sticks on a wood panel, showcases a rich texture and bold, dynamic colors. The direct application of the oil stick gives the artwork a tactile...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Worship, Contemporary Gestural Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Effervescent Motion, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting, created with oil on canvas, combines abstract shapes and gestural line work that suggest figures, landscapes, and cartoon elements. The thick layers of paint reveal th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nowhere To Go, Contemporary Text Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted on a wooden panel with acrylic paint, this artwork delves into themes of paradise, utopia, and escapism, central to the artist's ongoing exploration. Through delicate strokes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Become, Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork was crafted using acrylic paint on a wood panel, featuring a mix of overlapping geometric and organic shapes in a contrasting palette of pinks and greens. The textured l...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Palm 5, Contemporary Abstract Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Ways Away, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses cool earth colors and a combination of oil and wax to create a landscape focusing on brushwork, color and form. Like many of the artists paintings the landscape co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Defenders, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Defenders" is an abstract oil painting by contemporary artist Matt Higgins, whose work often explores abstracted landscapes, a recurring theme throughout his career. Initially train...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trap, Contemporary Abstract Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Coincidences, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Coincidence, by Philadelphia based painter Matt Higgins combines chance and intention into one finished painting. Layers of paint are worked on the surface of the canvas in various s...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Burning Sun, Plastic Shoreline - Contemporary Mixed Media Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Muslin, Plastic, Acrylic, Vinyl
Emergence, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emergence is an acrylic on canvas painting of a eucalyptus plant painted from life against an imaginary abstract landscape environment. Like many of the landscape works by the artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Everyday, Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting Blue and Black
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl
Traveling Solo, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Vinyl
Horizon In Red and Blue, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting shows the horizon in its silent and mysterious grandeur, separated by a thin strip of pink paint and a division of two colors. The painting was created with washes of h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Vinyl
Far Away Place, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No Expectations, Contemporary Geometric Black and Tan Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting combines abstract mark-making, geometric shapes, collaged canvas, and intricate line work. The title "No Expectations" reflects its intuitive, process-driven creation. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Falling Leaves, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Falling Leaves" is an abstract painting that combines geometric and organic shapes to create subtle transparency effects and varied figure-ground relationships. Painted with acrylic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Acrylic
Unspoken Mind, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LocoMotion, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Engaging in a diary-like approach, merging memory, stream of consciousness writing, and abstract mark-making this piece began as a sizable text-based painting, however, it gradually ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Scorched, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Vinyl
Elusive Orange, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Persevering Through The Heat Of The Desert Sun, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Strange Terrain, Contemporary Oil Landscape Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Palm, Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
