MATTHEW CLAPPISON

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SOME WOULD SAY YOU CAN SEE ME COMING BY THE WAY THE RAIN WOULD FALL



FIRST PAINTED WHEN I WAS 25. I NEARLY REFUSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MYSELF, HOWEVER THE FORCE OF WHO I WAS WITH WAS STRONG. THAT SUNNY AFTERNOON ON MY BACK DECK INITIATED A LIFELONG PASSION FOR SELF EXPLORATION AND SELF REFLECTION. AT FIRST A PAINTING WAS MEANT TO BE A SHORT LIVED EXPRESSION, NOW UPON REFLECTION ART IS TO BE SLOWLY CREATED ALLOWING ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PERCEPTIONS TO PERMEATE THAT WHICH IS ULTIMATELY INTIMATE. PLEASE ENJOY AND FEEL FREE TO SEND REFLECTIVE COMMENTS.



My Work



Chronologically



The original feeling. like my thought towards art at the time, incomplete



inspired by a National Geographic photo contest winner. Elephant charging. In defense or on attack - either way unfinished



Touched by another person with equal unbounding understanding for reality. This abstract represents known and unknown



micro painting of a macro shot of all that comes into the world, lives, passes and returns



Experimenting with a tooth brush to make stars become reality. That same uniquely quest from childhood still fashions perception of reality



Rushing water by rivers edge, giving relentless and unforgiving definition to how we pass through life.



INTERLUDE...



IN EARNEST CREATION EVOKED TOO MANY FEELINGS. ABSOLUTE DESPAIR WAS BEING THAT WHICH I AM



POST CONTEMPLATIVE INSECURITY



Chronologically



Desperate for freedom and liquidity of movement a piece dedicated to all things natural, free of form, still or fluid - simply existing



movement for sake of movement. Blue for the millions of internal representations any viewer might have. Abstraction unto to itself



Experimental waves....the way they have always been. Significant for the lack of experimental waves, still beyond the bewilderment of what's beneath



Always inspired by the group of seven this composition includes several unrelated trees side by side. Art is not reality!



Simply for the one I owe it to, this time completed. With love!



When the night comes, fear not the dark, stay your open self. Be bright, vibrant and bloom openly, well; because voguing is fun!



Finally.
That which
I create,
creates me



with caution



Chronologically



With hesitation I add this intimate self portrait. Like us all the affliction of being, literally becomes fragments of our minds.



Well since I did it once i might as well do it again. Doesn't this feel like Michael Jackson? And please no comments on my creepy eyes!



experimenting with brush techniques, colours and form. First real abstract painting - it flew from me without warning or permission.



For the person who freed me from the duality of my own creation. My own gold rush - my own excuse for living as an outlaw



The Chrismas gift who set me back on the path gave way to this highly emotive sunset over turbulent waves.



Freedom is the form of thoughtless authenticity. Within seconds you confide with movement.



from within; the mainland



more from where it comes





from inland



Chronologically



Inspired by A.J. Casson's white pines. Northern Canadian vantage presented over a well worn canvass of last picked trials. Pride for this painting is only matched by my pride from where it originated.



Triple layered painting with more patience than i have mustered. Aurora borealis at its finest, except the obvious meadow proceeding what is meant to be the thick bush as Canadians call it.



An attempt at artistic theft. I saw this painting in the AGH and fell in love with the clouds and the way fall colours were far away. Like the changing leaves had yet to be where I was.



My second tiniest painting. After watching a Bob Ross episode I tempted the hippie gods to allow me the fortitude to create a pure investment.



All things change, especially these ruby red bushes. Well except ever greens! they are always green, but I assure you they too change over time.



This was actually my third painting. However, it's called self portrait, not indictitive of me today but who I was and can be. Running wild, in the land and tough - not like a bully but with wherewithal.



Chatting is free



I would love to hear your feedback and ideas for the future!



I am just a regular guy with clearly nothing to hide. I want to provoke conversation and deeper thought. In myself especially, which you could be a catalyst for, and maybe vice versa. Life should be fun and about creation, well, since it is all about creation in the start anyways, I started this creative outlet late in life but i guess it goes to show it is never to late to explore your own values and perception of the world. I guess just paticipate - if you aren't already!








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