I Wish I Was on Holiday: New Paintings by Matte Stephens

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San Francisco design store and gallery, Rare Device presents: I Wish I was on Holiday New Paintings by Matte Stephens.

Inspired by the fine art of living, Matte Stephens paints with gouache his happy visions of today’s optimistic friends and families with a refined twist. He has a fondness for anything old and all friendly creatures. These inspirations are apparent through his color palate and immediate sense of whimsy and design elements found in almost all of his paintings. They are immediately friendly and reminiscent of a simpler time he wishes was today. His illustration clients include Herman Miller, American Express and IBM.

The work will occupy the Rare Device gallery May 7 – June 1, 2010. A reception for the show will be held Friday, May 7, 2010 from 7 - 9 pm. Rare Device is located at 1845 Market Street between Valencia and Guerrero Streets in San Francisco.

You can also find Matte's work at Poppytalk Handmade here and here.

Jan Halvarson

5 comments:

Jen Zahigian said...

I love his work, really hope I can go see this show!

jargonheadstudios said...

Great work. Gouache is such a tricky medium, too! Will have to check out his show since I'm in the Bay Area!

luluvillage said...

I have an old book with Mary Poppins story in it, and the illustrations are sweetly reminiscent of the style above-
free, clear, full of imagination!
I'll have to look up the illustrator's name...

Lindsey said...

So cute! Wouldn't this be super cute in a nursery? I smell some inspiration!!

Sarah B. said...

I just discovered Matte Stephen's work via a different blogger and I LOVE his illustrations!