Matt Bahen: On the Wind

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Matt Bahen, "A Sign of What is to Come," 2020

oil on canvas, 48" x 54"

Toronto based painter Matt Bahen’s primary influence is literature. He strives to interpret the power of metaphor and allegory with paint. Bahen listens to audiobooks while working and is an avid reader of fiction, particularly Cormac McCarthy, TS Eliot, and Joseph Campbell. His impastoed surfaces and stark compositions are at once unsettling and highly engaging. Using various motifs including water, fire, and animals, Bahen constructs individual narratives that remain in a state of perpetual tension.