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Collections:
The Metropolitan Building,
Dallas, Texas, USA
Wilcox Plaza at Green Oaks,
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Commissions:
Commercial:
Wilcox Plaza at Green Oaks,
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
The Metropolitan, Dallas,
Texas, USA
Select Residential:
Mr and Ms Sachin Jain, Dallas,
Texas, USA
Michelle Jackson, Dallas,
Texas, USA
Ms A. Otto, Dallas, Texas, USA
Mr. and Ms. Brian Garlotte,
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Artist Statement for Matt Kaplinsky
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Matt Kaplinsky's work often begins as his mood of the moment does: either with smooth, easy, thoughtful strokes of paint or powerful energetic gestural applications as though very excited, playful, or angry. From that a work may remain a painting on canvas or may even leap into a new dimension with added layers, added canvases, or change the shape or form of the original canvas all together. Many of his works either have no boundaries or appear as windows into an entire boundless alternate world where the subject matter can be anything and everything. Frequently, the inspiration for his work is drawn from the architecture of nature and the natural irregularities of organic forms and even the activity of civilization itself.
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I am an artist who creates abstracts in a variety of paint media, and am also available for commissioned pieces and contemporary murals. Inside me blazes a passionate fire for art, the need to talk about it or create it at every chance, electrified with constant artistic changes. Mostly my work is with color and texture directed canvases, but also image-oriented abstracts depending on surrounding influences. Reflections of various 20th century masters can be seen in the thick of my 21st century works, as it is often clear I paint with focus and determination as though on the verge of discovery through the study of their work. My intention is to bring a certain sophisticated roughness into the clean open design of homes and businesses these days to help provide a sense of balance.
I have been painting roughly since 1991. It took about five years before I actually began to sell my art. At first it was out of the back of my old pickup truck in a parking lot, then graduating to coffee shop walls, hair salons, consignment stores and the like. Before too long I was invited to show in a gallery and have escalated from there since. It is not important to me to know where someone learned how to make art, or where they have shown in the past. The important thing about art is what you take from it, not where an artist studied how to express his or her ability. So I leave my images to speak for themselves and warrant their own merit.
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