BlogHide Resteemsmatteopaints (57)in hive-184714 • 4 years agoPainting in Florence like Michelangelo!I had a great day with Tommaso Pizzamiglio teaching him how to paint in just one day! We went to the Rose garden near Piazzale Michelangelo in Firenze and worked for an afternoon to create our…matteopaints (57)in hive-184714 • 4 years agoBelltowers of Firenze an original Photo by Matthew Holden Bates"Belltowers of Firenze" an original Photo by ©2021, Matthew Holden Bates Photo taken with a Sony 20mp Cyber-shot compact digital camera in 2020. Ciao Tutti! I am really happy to be here, a…matteopaints (57)in c-squared • 4 years ago"Il Duomo di Firenze" an Original Oil Painting by Matthew Holden Bates"Il Duomo di Firenze" Oil on Canvas / 130cm x 160cm /Private Collection / ©2021, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Over two years ago I began posting on my blog about this painting. Here are…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years ago"Ripped Sky" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Ripped Sky" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on my last post "A Rip in Time" here is another painting from a long time ago, early 90's based…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years ago"A Rip In Time" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"A Rip In Time" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting takes me all the way back to 1992, the first year I lived in Firenze after I was finished with…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years ago"Days and Nights" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Days and Nights" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting goes back almost all of the way to my beginnings as a painter, early 90's, when I first moved…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoJupiter and Io (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Jupiter and Io" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on yesterday's Space Painting Post, here is another one featuring my Painting of Jupiter and…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoCat’s Eye Nebula (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates“Cat’s Eye Nebula” (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Today I am featuring one of my space paintings. I have always been a fan of science fiction, and space in…resteemedart-venture (75)in art-venture • 6 years agoArt-Venture Magazine No.143Hello my dear Steemians and Art Fans, No.143 This is a project to support young artists of traditional Art on Steem. Welcome to Friday Magazine and I…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years ago"Il Putto" (Detail)"Il Putto" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / Private Collection / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia In Florence there are many statues that are notorious, the David by Michelangelo, Cellini's…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoGirls of Montmartre (Detail)Working on my theme of French inspiration, here is a detail from my original oil painting entitled “Girls of Montmartre” . I was collaborating with a gallery in Paris, so I went up there to visit…resteemedartzone (67)in curate • 6 years agoArtzOne Thursday Curation - 06.20.19Good morning ArtzOne community, happy Thursday! Thanks for meeting me back here for another #quality curation. I couldn’t wait to show you this one—you’re gonna love it. This week I’m introducing…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoCannes Reflections (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Cannes Reflections" (Detail) oil on canvas / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Here is the next "close up" in my latest series of oil paintings to share on nTopaz. This painting…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoNymph of the Fields (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Nymph of the Fields" (Detail) ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Hey everybody! Glad to be back again today with another "close up" of one of my original oil paintings. "Nymph of the…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoPrague (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates"Prague" (Detail) Whenever I get a chance to travel, I tend to take a lot of pictures which then can become paintings when I get back to Firenze. This is one of them, taken on a weekend trip to…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoUffizi View (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates“Uffizi View” (Detail) Oil on canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is the latest installment of my ‘up close and personal’ collection. Today I am featuring a painting that…resteemedntopaz (70)in ntopaz • 6 years agoDaily Top 10 artworks on nTOPAZ(Jun 16 2019)Hello, It’s nTOPAZ, TNS(Talented Network Service) platform for global talented people. Yesterday, there were 35 artworks on nTOPAZ, and $105.64 SBD nTOPAZ’s rewards were generated. Top 10…resteemedart-venture (75)in art-venture • 6 years agoArt-Venture Magazine No.140Hello my dear Steemians and Art Fans, No.140 This is a project to support young artists of traditional Art on Steem. Here we are with Top 10 selected…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoVictorian Greenhouse (Detail) by Matthew Holden BatesVictorian Greenhouse (detail) Original Oil Painting / Private Collection / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is another close up of one of my oil paintings. This is one of my all…matteopaints (57)in ntopaz • 6 years agoCampanile di Giotto (Detail) by Matthew Holden BatesHere is the second installment of my up close look at my oil paintings. This is a classic, the painting took all Summer to paint back when I had an outdoor studio in my garden. The painting depicts…