Miss Misery Chris Leib Eager to escape the isolation

Eager to escape the isolation of the desert

Using classical symbolic imagery from old world traditions and transposing subtle hints of modernity

birds who cry blood

Aqua Oil on Panel

Miss Misery Chris Leib Eager to escape the isolationDetails About Oil on book (Misery) 9 x 13 in. 2021 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