Muddy Little Secrets #2

Matthew Green recently finished the second painting in his Muddy Little Secrets series for his project, Five Miles From Times Square. Someone's going to have to teach him how to properly photograph his work.

Matthew Green's Muddy Little Secret

Matthew Green, Muddy Little Secrets I, 30" x 48", oil on canvas, 2010

All is lost. He's gone into the abyss, exploring the deepest, darkest corners of his empty little soul. Nothing's gonna save him now. Not even the squib kick.

Matt Green or Matt Greene?

To "e" or not to "e"?

Artist Matthew Green, having a fairly common name, has noticed that he has been confused on more than one occasion with Matthew Greene, another artist who's probably getting kind of perturbed himself over the mixup. Green's work is strikingly different from Greene's work, the "minus-e" Green working primarily in realist, stark, sublime urban landscapes, and Greene's being an abstract, expressionistic urban/pop style.

I know Green very well and understand his work and his vision more than most. He has not achieved quite the level of success as Greene, but in my opinion has developed a maturity and focus in recent years that puts his work on a level playing field with Greene, as well as many other of his contemporaries.

The pics below are new works in progress from Green's new project on the New Jersey Meadowlands, Five Miles From Times Square. His work seems to be taking a slightly new direction lately, and I'm hoping he challenges himself a little.

Below are: Muddy Little Secrets I, II and III