Matthew Bates Oil Painter

Modern realistic paintings by award winning artist Matthew Bates


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Manchester Sunset - Oil on Canvas - 60cm x 80cm - ©2011, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved
Flowers - Still                Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - Email - www.mattbates.net
©2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates

Manchester Sunset - Oil on Canvas - 60cm x 80cm - ©2011, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved

Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - Email - www.mattbates.net

©2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates



Still                Life al Mare 

Oil              on Canvas - 70cm x 45cm - Private Collection ©2001, Matthew Bates,              All Rights Reserved

Still Life al Mare

Oil on Canvas - 70cm x 45cm - Private Collection ©2001, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved

Yellow Tulips
Oil on Canvas,40cm          x 40cm 
©2008,          Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Yellow Tulips

Oil on Canvas,40cm x 40cm

©2008, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia


“Waiting                in Line at the Uffizi”
An                Original Oil Painting by Matthew Bates - 160cm x 70cm
Oil                on Stretched Canvas - ©2006-2007 Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italy

“Waiting in Line at the Uffizi”

An Original Oil Painting by Matthew Bates - 160cm x 70cm

Oil on Stretched Canvas - ©2006-2007 Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italy

Here is a brief explanation of my newest oil painting “Volpaia”

Volpaia
Oil on Canvas - 40cm x 60cm
©2011, Matthew Bates,                  Firenze, Italia 
Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - www.mattbates.net
©2000                  - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Volpaia

Oil on Canvas - 40cm x 60cm

©2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia 

Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - www.mattbates.net

©2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Orchids
Oil on Canvas                | 89cm x 55cm - ©2006, Matthew                  Bates, All Rights Reserved -                    Private Collection

Orchids

Oil on Canvas | 89cm x 55cm - ©2006, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved - Private Collection

Tuscan                Summer Road 

Oil              on Canvas - 60cm x 80cm - (Private Collection) ©2006, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved
“An                          artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in                          himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.”                          - Auguste Renoir

Galleries:                    Flowers - Still                      Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - Email - www.mattbates.net 
©2000 - 2011,        Matthew Bates, Firenze Italy
Tuscan Summer Road 
Oil on Canvas - 60cm x 80cm - (Private Collection) ©2006, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved

“An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.” - Auguste Renoir

Galleries: Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - Email - www.mattbates.net

©2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze Italy

Greek          Statue - Apoxyomenos           (Private Collection)
Oil on Canvas - 80cm          x 100cm - ©2007, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved

In 2007 there was a great            artistic event in Firenze, the exhibition of the recently restored “Apoxyomenos            of Losinj” (Croatia). I was incredibly inspired by this            masterpiece of antiquity. I took lots of photos of the statue, and the            above painting was inspired directly from my visit to Palazzo Medici,            where the statue was on display. The painting is larger than life, made            this way so I could explore the intricate details of this Greek jewel            which is over 2000 years old.

Galleries:          Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues  www.mattbates.net
©      2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Greek Statue - Apoxyomenos  (Private Collection)

Oil on Canvas - 80cm x 100cm - ©2007, Matthew Bates, All Rights Reserved

In 2007 there was a great artistic event in Firenze, the exhibition of the recently restored “Apoxyomenos of Losinj” (Croatia). I was incredibly inspired by this masterpiece of antiquity. I took lots of photos of the statue, and the above painting was inspired directly from my visit to Palazzo Medici, where the statue was on display. The painting is larger than life, made this way so I could explore the intricate details of this Greek jewel which is over 2000 years old.

Galleries: Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues www.mattbates.net

© 2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Nymph of                  the Fields 
Oil on Canvas                  - 55cm x 90cm
©2009,                Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia
Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - www.mattbates.net
©2000                  - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Nymph of the Fields

Oil on Canvas - 55cm x 90cm

©2009, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia

Flowers - Still Life - Cityscapes - Landscapes - Statues - www.mattbates.net

©2000 - 2011, Matthew Bates, Firenze, Italia