Information for my Blog Viewers

Something new is happening with the on-line displaying of my artwork.
I am going to start using my blog to show my work in progess. You can see my studies in pencil, or my pastel contour drawing, prior to my applying any pastel. You may watch the underpainting and the overpainting as they are unfolding.
As I work,  I may find something that needs to be changed--maybe the composition wasn't quite right in the contour drawing or the colors weren't working. You will be able to see where changes were made as part of my process.
I will post a number of photos to show the evolution of my painting, with the last photo representing the "almost complete" one. The finished piece will be shown on my new website: www.mjpeake.com. 
Please check that one out as well! And thank you!
Matt Peake

New Posts...finding your way around my blog

Periodically, I add to my blog with new pieces, many of which are part of my several ongoing series. To see all of a category of work, simply click on the label you desire: Bearing Fruit, Landscape, Mobiles, Miscellaneous Works, Nude Studies, Overlooks, Portraits, Sittings, and Winter Solstice. Please feel free to leave a comment!

Matt Peake

"Amy"-Oil on Canvas-20x16-DONATION

Dean-pastel-20x16-SOLD

Gordon-pastel-18x24-SOLD

Reghan-pastel-16x20 (SOLD)

Nancy-pastel-16x20 (SOLD)

Michelle-pastel-16x20 (NFS)

Barbara-pastel-16x20 (NFS)

Laetitia-pastel-16x20 (SOLD)

Berta-pastel-16x20 (NFS)

Terry-pastel-16x20 (NFS)

Self Portrait-pastel-9x12 (SOLD)

Artist Statement for "Portraits"

In 6/o6, I left my 25 year practice of Family Medicine and began painting full time. One of the first pieces I did was a self portrait, which lead to other self portraits (the model was free and willing) and then to portraits of my wife, friends and former patients. My goals were several, but ultimately, I wanted to create mobiles of faces in oil on plexiglass, so I needed subjects and experience in rendering facial features. The portraits were all accomplished in three sittings of three hours each, with additional time for completing the clothing and backgrounds when the subject was not there.
The mobiles were enlarged to three feet by three feet and painted using the pastel portraits as a reference. They were exhibited at the Windham Art Gallery in May 2008, to the delight of the area's children and to the amazement of the child in many of the adults.