RICHARD MATTSSON ARTWORKS
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RICHARDMATTSSON
began painting and drawing from direct observation in the early 80s after twenty five years of working more or less abstractly and primarily from imagination. His early schooling at the Minneapolis School of Art in the late fifties was largely influenced by the psychological and existential forces that surrounded abstract expressionist thinking. He attended the Minneapolis School of Art immediately following U.S Army service in Japan where he was first introduced to Buddhist thought and Asian culture in general. He has only recently come to realize how those early experiences have unconsciously informed his process. Painting has become a form of present and discovery oriented meditative practice. Initially, Mattsson's choice of subject matter was intuitive. He began to paint what he saw before him with no predetermined attitude toward the outcome other than it had to feel right. While he doesn't subscribe to any "isms," he does consider himself to be a formalist with an interest in pattern, color and expressive composition. He tries to appropriately respond to the circumstances of his experience in a manner balanced between external and internal observation. The place or situation of landscape appeals to Mattsson particularly because it is an ever changing unpredictable event. Painting, listening, dancing, and gardening are all exciting influences in that they all require that he surrenders to the forces of life that play in the moment.
Richard Mattsson | Loose Pond, 25x30 inches, oil on canvas, $2800
Richard Mattsson | Loose Park Grove, 27x37 inches, oil on canvas, $3500
Richard Mattsson | Little Tree, 27x40 inches, oil on canvas, $3900
Richard Mattsson | Loose Park Small, 10x21 inches, oil on canvas, $1600
Richard Mattsson | Loose Park Tree lone tree, 26x32 inches, oil on canvas, $3300
Richard Mattsson | Loose Park Pond, 26x32 inches, oil on canvas, $3300
Richard Mattsson | Loose Park Pines East view, 17x20 inches, oil on canvas, $1800
Richard Mattsson | Japan Maple, 48x48 inches, oil on canvas, $6000
Richard Mattsson | Stray, 48x55 inches, oil on canvas, $7000
Richard Mattsson | Brookside with Red House, 43x55 inches, oil on canvas, $5000
Richard Mattsson | Maple, 14x18 inches, oil on canvas, $1600
Richard Mattsson | Ina's Maple, 48x55 inches, oil on canvas, $7000
Richard Mattsson | White Pole, 32x40 inches, oil on canvas, $4000
Richard Mattsson | Artist's House, 30x40 inches, oil on canvas, $4000
Richard Mattsson | Lucias’, 24x30 inches, oil on canvas, $2800
Richard Mattsson | Returning, 48x55 inches, oil on canvas,
Richard Mattsson | Morning Cat, 22x30 inches, oil on canvas, $2600
Richard Mattsson | Rainy South View, 20x24 inches, oil on canvas, $1700
Richard Mattsson | Spring with VW, 24x48 inches, oil on canvas, $2600
Richard Mattsson | Winter Dusk, 34x40 inches, oil on canvas, $4,200
Richard Mattsson | Winter on Locust, 24x32 inches, oil on canvas, $3000
Richard Mattsson | Brookside Park Houses, 20x28 inches, oil on canvas, $2600
Richard Mattsson | Garden with Rosie, 48x60 inches, oil on canvas, $7000
Richard Mattsson | Ruth in Sun, 27x44 inches, oil on canvas, $4500
Richard Mattsson | Tree with Ivy, 24x26 inches, oil on canvas, $2600
Richard Mattsson | Kernoodles Woods, 8x9 inches, oil on canvas, $800
Richard Mattsson | Garden with Yellow Lilies, 16x20 inches, $1600
Richard Mattsson | Rock Garden, 16x20 inches, oil on canvas, $1600
Richard Mattsson | Back Garden, 14x30 inches, oil on canvas, $1700
Richard Mattsson | Artist's Garden, 32x44 inches, oil on canvas, $4300
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