MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS

The paintings of Nathaniel Mather with their rich textures and rough-edged patches of color evoke early 19th century primitive art, and yet a rich symbolic allusiveness and playfulness of spirit give his work a sophistication and poise that are emphatically contemporary. From apples to flowers, still life to landscapes, the dominant theme in the work of Nathaniel Mather is color. He has discovered that over the years he has found his own vocabulary of images that represent the world around him. Incorporating stamps and paper into his work gives the paintings a quality of age, travel and experience. “My work was influenced in the early stages of my painting career by the design genius of Motherwell and the color and texture of Klee.