I recently finished this new painting, Road To Lake Ouachita. This painting is from a new series, I am now painting, called Adventures in North America (ANA). In the ANA series, I plan to document my experiences – places I see, things I notice – through paintings. My hope is to create a visual record […]
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Commissioned Paintings
I want to say a few words about commissioned paintings, because clients frequently ask me about doing commissions. I paint commissioned works of art all the time. They are a big part of my art practice. Commissioned paintings are canvases that I paint as custom ordered, art pieces for clients. Under the commissioned painting agreement, […]
Continue ReadingCelebrate Fall!
Thursday is the first day of October. Can you believe it? This is the time of year that begins the quick slide into the holiday season. It feels like we’ll turn around and it will be Halloween. I know this year we will truly all be wearing masks on Halloween. I guess trick-or-treating will be socially […]
Continue ReadingFall Colors
This has been a strange year. March is typically one of my favorite months. I love the changing seasons of Spring and Fall. Typically, March means warmer weather, flowering azaleas and getting back outdoors. But this March was about locking down. This past Spring meant staying inside, cleaning the house and talking to friends on […]
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In The Moment.
A painting is like a movie with one frame. It’s a book with one page. One moment. There is part of the story leading up to that singular moment and part of the story following it. The art of painting is knowing how to compose the frame and tell the story. Like a good cinematographer, a good artist […]
Continue ReadingLife Is A Journey
I paint a lot of pathways – roads, streets, trails, etc. Pathways attract our eyes into a painting. A road is a visual element that leads our eye into the painting from foreground to background. When a pathway is rendered correctly, it creates the dimension of depth on an otherwise two dimensional canvas. So, a road or […]
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Art Movement
In August of last year, Michael and Catherine Fothergill, the artistic directors of Ballet Arkansas, and I got together to collaborate. We invited several well known visual artitsts from the gallery to study for three days with the dancers. The artists were free to draw, paint, sculpt and take photographs. The artworks inspired by the […]
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Key Connections to Humanity Exhibition
“A very little key will open a very heavy door.” — Charles Dickens. Thursday, February 16th, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Matt McLeod Fine Art Gallery is hosting the opening reception of Key Connections of Humanity, exhibition, featuring the paintings of Angela Davis Johnson, photography of John David Pittman, and sculpture by David Clemons […]
Continue ReadingMatt McLeod Fine Art Gallery featured on KABF’s Up in Your Business Radio Show
Links for topics discussed on the show: 10 Questions to Ask Before Quitting Your Job to Start a Business – Article from Entrepreneur Magazine How artists can price their work – from Art Business How to deal with criticism of your art – About.com Little Rock Creative Corridor – Learn more about the Creative Corridor mentioned during the show […]
Continue ReadingHome is Where The Art Is Opening
“Great art and great design create an ideal environment for living and working. The design and architectural plan exert a decisive influence on the art choice, particularly regarding size, placement, proportion, color, and choice of medium.” – Beverly Jacoby. Living With Art: Two Forms In One, by Gail Green. renovatingnyc.com Matt McLeod Fine Art Gallery is […]
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