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MATT FORDERER, Born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised on the west shore of Lake Erie, Matthew Forderer's oil paintings show his enthusiasm for nature and the organic. Compositions are filled with surrealistic imagery and symbolism.

Since moving to California in 1986, he has found endless inspiration from the diverse forms of nature found in the Pacific Coastal Region and desert.

He cites as his influences many of the surrealists including: Dali, Ernst, Tanguy, Magritte. Other influences include MC Escher, and pop-artists of the sixties, especially James Rosenquist.

Most of Matthew Forderer's work is in private collections, particularly in California, and his art has been featured in San Diego magazines such as Revolt In Style, The Metropolitan and Raw Talent.

To see additional work by Matthew Forderer, please visit his website at http://home.earthlink.net/~mattdawne. To contact Matthew email mattdawne@earthlink.net.

 

ARTIST'S WORK (Click on Any Image to See Larger Version and Prices)