Bone Trot (Red Edition) by Matt Gordon
Matt Gordon is a mixed media artist working out of Northville, Michigan. He attended both the College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio and Center of Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. He strives to make well crafted and highly detailed acrylic paintings and pencil drawings, along with the occasional 3-D fabrication thrown in there to satisfy sculptural needs and to provide live models for things that don’t really exist but need to look like they do. The paintings and drawings have been parts or scenes of an ongoing story line that he has been working on since 1998 with the ultimate goal of having them made into a big and wonderful illustrated storybook.
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1xRUN: Tell us how the idea and execution of Bone Trot came about? *
Matt Gordon: I’ve always had little skeleton dudes that I called family members of
messengers of death in my work.These two a little benign ones as
they are not old enough to posses a working death card and just frolic
about and act as nosey children do.
1xRUN: How long did the piece take? *
Matt Gordon: One work day to make the finished drawing and quite a few days to
sketch it out and get it right for the scene
1xRUN: What is unique about this piece? *
Matt Gordon: I don’t think anything is unique about this
1xRUN: Why should people buy this piece/print? *
Matt Gordon: It might be the most normal and relatable image I’ve ever made.i.e.,
oh!It’s a skeleton
1xRUN: Describe the piece/print in one gut reaction word for us.
Matt Gordon: fun
1xRUN: When did you first start making art?
Matt Gordon: I started drawing at age three I think
1xRUN: What artists inspired you early on?
Matt Gordon: I like all artists good and bad.The painting styles I like the most
though are the Flemish masters and the realists. Everything inspires me.
1xRUN: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?
Matt Gordon: I listen to cbc2 radio and coast to coast am sometimes.But whatever I feel like will inspire I will turn on
1xRUN: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?
Matt Gordon: I got to collaborate with modest mouse on an album cover a few years
back so that was cool for me.I would love to be involved in anyway
with a Wes Anderson film project as one of my pipe dreams.I, along
with half the world think his movies are the greatest live action
paintings ever.
1xRUN: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why? *
Matt Gordon: I would have loved to study under Norman Rockwell.
1xRUN: Tell us how the idea and execution of Bone Trot came about? *
Matt Gordon: I’ve always had little skeleton dudes that I called family members of
messengers of death in my work.These two a little benign ones as
they are not old enough to posses a working death card and just frolic
about and act as nosey children do.
1xRUN: How long did the piece take? *
Matt Gordon: One work day to make the finished drawing and quite a few days to
sketch it out and get it right for the scene
1xRUN: What is unique about this piece? *
Matt Gordon: I don’t think anything is unique about this
1xRUN: Why should people buy this piece/print? *
Matt Gordon:It might be the most normal and relatable image I’ve ever made.i.e.,
oh!It’s a skeleton
1xRUN: Describe the piece/print in one gut reaction word for us.
Matt Gordon: fun
1xRUN: When did you first start making art?
Matt Gordon:I started drawing at age three I think
1xRUN: What artists inspired you early on?
I like all artists good and bad.The painting styles I like the most
though are the Flemish masters and the realists
everything inspires me.
1xRUN: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?
Matt Gordon: I listen to cbc2 radio and coast to coast am sometimes.But whatever I feel like will inspire I will turn on
1xRUN: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?
Matt Gordon: I got to collaborate with modest mouse on an album cover a few years
back so that was cool for me.I would love to be involved in anyway
with a Wes Anderson film project as one of my pipe dreams.I, along
with half the world think his movies are the greatest live action
paintings ever
1xRUN: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why? *
Matt Gordon: I would have loved to study under Norman Rockwell.