"Ripped Sky" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on my last post "A Rip in Time" here is another painting from a long time ago, early 90's

"A Rip In Time" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting takes me all the way back to 1992, the first year I lived in Firenze after I was finished with

"Days and Nights" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting goes back almost all of the way to my beginnings as a painter, early 90's, when I first moved

"Jupiter and Io" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on yesterday's Space Painting Post, here is another one featuring my Painting of Jupiter and

“Cat’s Eye Nebula” (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Today I am featuring one of my space paintings. I have always been a fan of science fiction, and space in particular.

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"Il Putto" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / Private Collection / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia In Florence there are many statues that are notorious, the David by Michelangelo, Cellini's

Working on my theme of French inspiration, here is a detail from my original oil painting entitled “Girls of Montmartre” . I was collaborating with a gallery in Paris, so I went up there to visit, such

Good morning ArtzOne community, happy Thursday! Thanks for meeting me back here for another #quality curation. I couldn’t wait to show you this one—you’re gonna love it. This week I’m introducing you to

"Cannes Reflections" (Detail) oil on canvas / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Here is the next "close up" in my latest series of oil paintings to share on nTopaz. This

"Nymph of the Fields" (Detail) ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Hey everybody! Glad to be back again today with another "close up" of one of my original oil paintings.

"Prague" (Detail) Whenever I get a chance to travel, I tend to take a lot of pictures which then can become paintings when I get back to Firenze. This is one of them, taken on a weekend trip

“Uffizi View” (Detail) Oil on canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is the latest installment of my ‘up close and personal’ collection. Today I am featuring a painting that is a little

Hello, It’s nTOPAZ, TNS(Talented Network Service) platform for global talented people. Yesterday, there were 35 artworks on nTOPAZ, and $105.64 SBD nTOPAZ’s rewards were generated. Top 10 artworks on Jun

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Victorian Greenhouse (detail) Original Oil Painting / Private Collection / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is another close up of one of my oil paintings. This is one of my all time favorites.

Here is the second installment of my up close look at my oil paintings. This is a classic, the painting took all Summer to paint back when I had an outdoor studio in my garden. The painting depicts the

Purple Orchid (Detail) Oil on Canvas ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved I have decided to share some of the up close and nitty gritty parts of my paintings. This painting of purple orchids represents

Ferrari Scudo Mixed media painted directly on the wall of my studio in Firenze, Italy. ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Whenever I am working on a large painting project like my Duomo Prainting

“Focus” Oil on Canvas ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved I’ve decided to post some of my paintings up close and personal. I love macro photography, it gives me some amazing inspiration getting