Matthew Wettlaufer
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Location | Idyllwild, California, United States |
| Introduction | I grew up in Idyllwild, in the mountains of Southern California, and now live here again with my husband and 17 year old son. I started painting in Cape Town, South Africa, when my son and I lived there from 2004 till 2010. Within a year of taking an art class I was exhibiting and selling my work through galleries. I exhibited with the French Consulate in Cape Town, and with the South African Society of Artists. When I began painting my work was strongly influenced by German Expressionism--strong bold colors, dramatic and sharp lines, simplified forms. Today my color palette has softened and my style has evolved into a kind of impressionism. I work mainly in oils but also linocut prints and reverse glass paintings. |
| Interests | Hiking, Ice Hockey Goal Tending, Sobriety, Gay Rights. |
| Favorite Music | Classical--Early music, Mussorgsky, Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Hindemith. Tracy Chapman, Moby, Leon Rosselson. |
| Favorite Books | Siddartha, Sound and the Fury, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Mrs Dalloway, War and Peace, Brothers Karamazov, Remembrance of Things Past. |