Description
‘The Upstairs Room’ by Matthew Dutton
Artist: Matthew Dutton
Title: ‘The Upstairs Room’
Medium: Ink, watercolour, gouache, charcoal, plaster on wood
Dimensions: 22″ x 17″ x 2″
Framing: Framed (frame size: 24″ x 19″ x 2″)
Year of Creation: 2024
About the Artwork:
“Combining surreal imagery to achieve visual unease is a feature in my newest painting. ‘The Upstairs Room’ is layered with elements that invite the viewer to have a dialog with their perception and focus. Our character, cloaked in Perrot nostalgia, grins at mortality as the shallow veil of satirical ideology, textured foreground foreshadowing, attempts to disguise the horrors of reality by painting it with theatrics for the world stage. Just below the surface, the facade smiles through clinched teeth, silently embracing the crystal balls harbinger of our unavoidable demise. Go along to get along or be free from self-censoring.” – Matthew Dutton
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Matthew Dutton is a multidisciplinary artist whose work involves overlapping themes of darkness and satire. Dutton considers all dimensions, techniques, and materials assets viable when creative problem solving. Working in large scale installation, sculpture, and painting, the artist enjoys experimenting endlessly and culminating life’s experiences into visual representation. He has earned a BFA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His studio work currently exhibits at art fairs and galleries across the United States and internationally. Notable outlets including the New York Times, Hi-Fructose, Hyperallergic, and Beautiful Bizarre magazines, have published his work.