http://matthewffisher.com/ Matthew Fisher, Matt Fisher, Gallery Joe, ADA Gallery, RARE Gallery en Copyright 2008, Matthew Fisher Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:31:03 -0400 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/19/19179.jpeg" alt="" height="576" width="482" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2008</p> <p class="work-data">Acrylic on linen</p> <p class="work-data">60 x 50 inches</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/901/5275 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/19/19176.jpeg" alt="" height="445" width="500" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2008</p> <p class="work-data">Acrylic on linen</p> <p class="work-data">31 x 35 inches</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/901/5274 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/6/6929.jpeg" alt="" height="374" width="500" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2008</p> <p class="work-data">pencil on paper</p> <p class="work-data">6.5 x 8 inches</p> <p>This is a drawing after &#39;Stranger at Dawn&#39;. At some point I realized that I had reversed the light source; hence, the title (truthfully, a lot more can happen in forty years then just a setting sun).</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/650/2392 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/10/10480.jpeg" alt="" height="351" width="432" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2007</p> <p class="work-data">Pencil on paper</p> <p class="work-data">6.5 x 8 inches</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/650/2400 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/16/16992.jpeg" alt="High WInds" height="576" width="464" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2008</p> <p class="work-data">Acrylic on linen</p> <p class="work-data">31 x 25 inches</p> <p>After two drawings in 2007, this is the first painting I have done with the dodo bird. </p> <p>What drew me to the dodo image is that not only is it a stand in for human consumption and disregard for planet and fellow man; but it also represents exploration, colonialism, curiosity, and an icon for what could, or should, of been.</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/901/4628 <p><img border="0" src="http://matthewffisher.com/static/dyn-images/16/16453.jpeg" alt="" height="576" width="478" /></p> <p class="caption"></p> <p class="work-data">2008</p> <p class="work-data">Acrylic on linen</p> <p class="work-data">60 x 50 inches</p> <p>I wanted this painting to fell like the last song on a Tom Waits album. Specifically, <i>Come On Up To The House</i> off of <i>Mule Variations</i>.</p> <p><i>Come On Up To The House</i></p> <p>(Chorus)</p> <p>There&#39;s nothing in the world<br /> That you can do<br /> You got to come on up to the house<br /> and you been whipped by the forces<br /> That are inside you<br /> Come on up to the house<br /> Well you&#39;re high on top<br /> of your mountain of woe<br /> Come on up to the house<br /> Well you know you should surrender<br /> But you can&#39;t let go<br /> You got to come on up to the house</p> <p>&#9426; Tom Waits, 1999</p> http://matthewffisher.com/work/view/901/4477