{"title":"Oil Paintings","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-little-beach-original-signed-and-framed","title":"A Little Beach (Original, Signed and Framed)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePainting Size: 84cm x 59cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed Media: Watercolour | Oil | Charcoal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis painting is inspired by the demise of my boiler, an Alpha CB24 - apparently notorious for being shit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the past month I've been having cold showers.  Initially this was diabolical, but after a while I found it was making me feeling rather buoyant. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe're probably all aware, or have at least seen something on social media or read something on the therapeutic benefits of cold water, so perhaps my boiler was doing me a favour, bless it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo whilst my head has been subjected to a never before felt level of numbness and my body shivering, it got me thinking about how to try and express the cold through painting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul Cézanne once said in a letter to a friend, \u003cem\u003e'The strong feeling for nature - and certainly I have that vividly - is the necessary basis for all artistic conception'.\u003c\/em\u003e  I really like this because in my mind he's saying that the natural world is the starting point, it creates the feeling.  Which I like to bang on about when I say -  'I'm trying to paint a feeling'!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnyway, I have a deep fondness for mountains and water, and perhaps this is best illustrated by the Fjords of Norway and the Lochs of Scotland.  Places I love, carved out my ancient glaciers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWait...Glacial water is cold, very cold with strange abundant blue hues full of history, often below mystical, dramatic skies. My shower is also cold.  Paul Cézanne is one of my favourite artists...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd so it is, inspiration comes from artistic masters, majestic natural, awesome wonder and broken boilers. As I progress more into using oil paints, I wanted to add texture to the 'little beach'.  I've seen many times these little patches of sand, on which I like to stand on and just look.  Perhaps you can imagine standing here and being reminded that there is still so much beauty to behold.  Stay warm x\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI provide framing consultation for each original painting, the cost includes that bespoke service.  This can be done in person at my gallery or remotely if that isn't possible.  I ship original paintings (all with art glass) throughout the UK and internationally. If you have any questions please fee free to contact me. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"matt james brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44387449864429,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0416\/6326\/6970\/files\/IMG_3011.jpg?v=1699433988"},{"product_id":"the-wheat-field-original-signed-and-framed-oil-on-canvas","title":"The Laughing Heart (Original, Signed and Framed)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCanvas Size: 80cm x 60cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecently, I've been experimenting with oil paints - it's a totally different game to watercolours as you might imagine.  It requires real patience in allowing the layers of paint to dry, before applying another layer. It could be weeks - and a hairdryer (as I blast around the place with watercolours) just doesn't cut it. Perhaps this is why its taken so long to paint this one!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI suppose recently I've had to be patient with myself.  Situations change and I've had to adapt.  In January, my gallery and studio returned to my home, after an unfair hike in rent, but that's fine.  If you visit me now, you'll get a much nicer cup of coffee and potentially some cake. I would love to welcome you :)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI find comfort in thinking about the summer and warmth in longer days to come, out walking with someone special and the calmness that brings to my soul. 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With the weather so fine, London looked like a work of art passing through the backstreets, just beyond Somerset House in the theatre district.  In a small square along Museum Street there were these beautiful trees against some slightly tired, but attractive buildings where the contrast of light and shade was stark.  I made a quick sketch and took some photos to use back in the studio at some point.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt took me a while to come back to this emotion and image.  In time the image that I had has spread into a painting that in some way conjures up a holiday mood, where the location is less relevant, it's more about the mood. Using oil paints I hope I've been able to create a sense of peace and quiet in this space, that's how it felt.  It was later that I I added the figure in the corner of the image, perhaps me, or all of us - passing by a lovely moment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIf you'd like to visit my gallery please text or Whatsapp on 07983770665\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI provide framing consultation for each original painting, the cost includes that bespoke service.  This can be done in person at my gallery or remotely if that isn't possible.  I ship original paintings (all with art glass) throughout the UK and internationally. If you have any questions please fee free to contact me. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"matt james brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45553924112621,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0416\/6326\/6970\/files\/IMG_5081.jpg?v=1711610752"},{"product_id":"forwards","title":"Today Beyond (Original, Signed and Framed)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePainting Size: 84cm x 59cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLife goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt times its easy to look backwards, to try and reconfigure the past, which in the end is a poor use of time and energy.  The harder\u003cem\u003e I \u003c\/em\u003etry to bridge the present with the past, the more I fantasise about what might \u003cem\u003enow \u003c\/em\u003ebe better if I'd made different choices, if I'd not behaved a certain way. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat might I have gained, what might I not have lost?  This is perhaps an evolutionary trait, enabling us to learn from past mistakes and it seems to me as though painful memories dominate, as these are the emotions we want to avoid repeating in the future, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is only today.  The past, as we all know cannot be altered or amended and so in many respects we should or could let it be.  Rather it is through the shimmering spectacle of what lays beyond that I constantly need to press into mind. The pathway I'm walking is my own, and I must remind myself there is equal possibility that joy waits around the corner, rather than a lurking dread ready to pounce and create a jarring, difficult future memory.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is partly for this reason I enjoy painting pathways, transitions in space that move us forwards literally and perhaps figuratively serving as a reminder of the day, of the present and future, one to be hopeful for and not fearful of.  Today I choose the beyond at its most positive: All the light, all the possibility, all the friendship, all the potential love and kindness that lays in waiting, I hope, for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOften it is only after I finish a painting that its hidden values or attributes begin to come into focus, that an essence of meaning lifts from the paper or canvas and is set free.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This shimmering space where imagination and reality intersect, this is where all love and tears and joy exist. 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For me, very captivating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany artists from the Renaissance, Impressionist, even Pop Art period would copy each others work and this is my interpretation of Ivon Hitchens style, which in trying to emulate in some way helps me explore different approaches in creating a 'feeling' to the way I paint.  I hope that I've managed to capture a kind of tenderness in this still life, which was my aim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI provide framing consultation for each original painting, the cost includes that bespoke service.  This can be done in person at my gallery or remotely if that isn't possible.  I ship original paintings (all with art glass - or pallet frames if oil paintings) throughout the UK and internationally. 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Well, naturally it is my 'interpretation' of the view, in which I wanted to capture an essence of 'holiday' - that feeling when you pull back the curtains in a completely new environment and take in the vista that awaits you. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor me the light in the morning here is so clean, when the sky is without even a wisp of cloud - if that makes sense? As if there was a lens, deeply polished through which the view shines.  It only happens for a short time, like a flower full with glossy petals in a vase before it realises it's been cut from its root.  I've sat, looking at this view most mornings with a freshly brewed coffee steaming in my hands, the birds singing and the sunlight on my face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-James Turrell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: center; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI provide framing consultation for each original painting, the cost includes that bespoke service.  This can be done in person at my gallery or remotely if that isn't possible.  I ship original paintings (all with art glass - or pallet frames if canvas) throughout the UK and internationally. 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