Redwood Daniel J. Valadez forest and a distant horizon

forest and a distant horizon line

leaves and skeleton gloves contrast with gaping holes filled with dizzying Op-Art to create a landscape that seems like Tim Burton got together with Henri Matisse to make their own paradise

is his birth-date

frequently in a narrative manner

Redwood Daniel J. Valadez forest and a distant horizonDetails About 8 x 10 inches 2014 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