Oil Figurative | Matthew James Collins

• During the Intermission

  Oil, Linen, 47cm x 35cm x 2. Fantasy and reality coincide in this this romantic painting that explores how destiny, desire and how a chance encounter can change the course of our lives. The scene is set in the atrium of…

• Allegory: Cassandra

  Oil, Linen, 80cm x 60cm x 2cm. An allegory of Cassandra, the Greek mythological princess who was gifted of the power to foresee the future but destined not to believed by anyone. The painting in the background is Titian…

• Declaration of Independence

  Oil, Linen, 305cm x 243cm x 4cm. This is one of two monumental oil paintings that I created for the Capstone Academy in Fargo, ND. The theme is the Foundation of Rome. The subject is the "Signing of the Declaration of I…

• The Foundation of Rome

  Oil, Linen, 243cm x 305cm x 2. This is one of two monumental oil paintings that I created for the Capstone Academy in Fargo, ND. The theme is the Foundation of Rome. The dream that is Rome begins with its legends and th…

• Galatea

  Oil, Linen, 50cm x 40cm x 2cm. This picture was created out the of the Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor from Cyprus. Falling in love with one of his creations, Aphrodite to pity upon him and brought his creation to l…

• Cordelia and Lear

  Oil, 120cm x 90cm

• Allegory: Persephone

  Oil, Linen, 100cm x 60cm x 2cm. This work was awarded "Best Oil Painting" in the Plein Air Salon and Finalist in the American Guild of Traditional Artists. The painting has a handcrafted Florentine frame and shipping is…

• Troubadour

  Oil, Linen, 90cm x 80cm

• Capriccio Vitae

  Oil, Linen, 60cm x 100cm x 2cm. A capriccio is a work of art that indulges the fantasy of the artist. Here is an allegorical dance between the feminine personifications of Eros and Thanatos. This painting is unframed an…

• Achillea

  Oil, 120cm x 100cm

• Apparition

  Oil, Linen, 40cm x 50cm x 2cm

• La Toscana

  Oil, Linen, 70cm x 50cm x 2cm

• Papagena

  Oil, Linen, 50cm x 40cm x 2. A picture that is part of my "Capriccio" series, Papagena borrows the name of a character from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. The subject of desire this mysterious figure is between the wor…

• Awaiting

  Oil, Linen, 35 cm x 25 cm x 2 cm

• Swan

  Oil, Linen, 80cm x 60cm x 2cm

• Nymph

  Oil, Canvas, 60 x 40 x 3

• Dance

  Oil, Linen, 30cm x 20cm x 2

• Bacchetta Magica,"Magic Wand"

  Oil, Linen, 35cm x 20cm x 2cm

• The Jazz Guitarist

  Oil, Linen, 110cm x 90cm. The Jazz Guitarist is an older, life sized painting that I created of a Bulgarian musician that lived in Florence. This painting was a exploration of the inner world of the Nicolai Nicolav. He…

• Thetis

  Oil

• Cavalier

  Oil, Linen, 25 x 20 x 2. A small oil painting of poetic female knight inspired by Joan of Arc. The picture is unframed. Shipping is included.

• Tempest

  Oil, Panel, 40 x 30 x .3

• Song of the South

  Oil, Linen, 35cm x 25cm