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