Friend Painting located in Oakland

located in Oakland

Intricately shaped frames likewise reclaim life from hardened immobility

Every time I head out

I mirror the innocence of my childhood in my series of paintings while simultaneously combining my experiences as a woman through the depiction of the female figure

" ~Jacqueline Gallagher

Friend Painting located in OaklandDetails About 10 X 8 inches 2015 Oil on Vintage Book Matthew Robertson was born and raised in San Francisco and graduated from the Academy of Art University in 2012 with a BFA in illustration. He currently lives and works in Berkeley, California. Robertsons technical oil paintings are simultaneously chaotic and controlled as he masterfully weaves the two components into one canvas to intuitively explore the tenuous balance between real and abstract