Matt Tarini

Solo exhibition of new oil paintings

"Quiet" by Matthew Tarini

  

Showing: October 5 - 29, 2011

Opening Reception: Thursday October 6, 7-10pm

Gallery Hours: Wed to Sat, 12 - 6pm

 

In his new series of paintings, Toronto artist Matthew Tarini investigates the quiet contemplative moments he finds in both the human face and in his surrounding landscapes. Using a soft, cool palette, Tarini’s subtle use of oils describes a mood of melancholy and mystery in all of his subjects. Quiet will be Matthew Tarini’s second solo show at Gallery 129 Ossington.

Foggy Field, oil on panel   8" x10"  SOLD		King City, oil on panel   9" x12"  $1,000

Train Tracks , oil on panel   8" x10"  $800		Howard Park, oil on panel   9" x12"  SOLD
Portrait of an Artist, oil on panel   8" x10"  SOLD		Road in Fog, oil on panel   8" x10"  $800
Portrait of Artist II , oil on panel   8" x10"  $800		Portrait of Artist IV , oil on panel   8" x10"  $800
Dundas St. Alley , oil on panel   9" x12"  $1,000		House in Fog, oil on panel   6" x8"  $700

 

Past Exhibitions

Matt Tarini

In Transit

November 4 - 28, 2009

In Transit depicts the technological seclusion of the modern urban person and her/his lack of connection to nature. Being underground surrounded by sterile white tiles, strangers, and artificial light on the subway can be an alienating experience. Tarini records on canvas, the cold way the light from the subway reflects off the walls and floor, the isolation of a woman silhouetted against a wall of white tiles, and the way two people can share such a close space without ever acknowledging one another. This body of work portrays what is often a lonely experience in our contemporary urban environment when we are cut off from each other and the natural world.

 

St. Patrick, oil on canvas  11" x14"  SOLD		High Park, oil on canvas 16" x 24"  SOLD
Commuter, oil on canvas 36" x 24"  $2,700		Subway Portrait, oil on canvas 18" x24"  $1,500
Link to Artist's Website