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Matteson,Richard-All the Pretty Little Horses
All the Pretty Little Horses / Painting Acrylic / 30" by 40" / $1,400 USD

Description: All the Pretty Little Horses Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby. When you wake, you'll have cake, And all the pretty little horses. Black and bay, dapple and gray, Coach and six little horses, Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby. Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby, When you wake, you'll have cake, And all the pretty little horses. Way down yonder, down in the meadow, There's a poor wee little lamby. The bees and the butterflies pickin' at its eyes, The poor wee thing cried for her mammy. Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby. When you wake, you'll have cake, And all the pretty little horses. All the Pretty Little Horses (orginally 30" by 40" Acrylic on canvas. C 2006). The lullaby All the Pretty Little Horses has been sung to children in the US since the 1800s. It was collected in the 1920s and the 1934 version collected by Alan Lomax is the basis for my painting and lyrics. My painting is set in the clouds in the dream world of the little baby. From an impossible object in the center spring saucers (even one flying saucer!) that become the piece of cake with a candle and fork illusions. The pretty little horses on the right disappear and form the baby's face while the butterflies turn into the lamb. This was the first painting of my Bluegrass Series, which are traditional American Songs with the lyrics painted on the canvas.



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Name   : Richard Matteson
Location: louisville KY 
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Richard Matteson

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Richard L. Matteson Jr. 211 S. Spring St. Louisville, KY 40206 Phone: 502-290-5090 or Cell 336-414-3440 Online Blog : http://richardmattesonsblog.blogspot.com/ Bluegrass Messengers Website: http://bluegrassmessengers.com/ Richard L. Matteson Jr. is a nationally recognized guitarist, artist and author. He has written and illustrated ten nationally and internationally acclaimed books by Mel Bay Publications in Pacific, Missouri. Currently Richard teaches guitar and other music lessons at Mom's Music and leads the music for the contemporary service at Highland United Methodist Church. Artistic Direction: His new series of ten paintings based on traditional American songs begun in 2006, portents a new direction in his art career. Called The Bluegrass Series, the lyrics of the song are engraved on the canvas in small print and the painting depicts the story of the song. Matteson's goal is to paint a large number of music song paintings in the next several years. Another new group of paintings entitled, The Driftwood Series, was begun early in 2007. The forms suggested by driftwood have come to life. Sometimes Matteson uses close-ups of the tree grain to create new worlds of form and life. He has completed over a dozen driftwood paintings in 2007 and 2008. Matteson has started professionally reproducing his paintings so they can be purchased at a reasonable price by art patrons. The ten paintings in his Bluegrass Series have been reproduced on a high quality photopaper with foam core backing. Richard plans to launch his art web-site soon. Style: Matteson's calls his realistic painting style neosurrealism (new surrealism). Following the trail blazed by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, Matteson has produced many thought producing paintings from large serious works (Heaven, Bipolar and Hell) to lighter music based song paintings (Froggie Went A-Courtin'). Background: Matteson was born into an artist and musical family; his great uncle being the late Richard Lofton, an accomplished painter from Carmel, Ca. After studying art in college, Matteson taught art in Beaufort, SC as well as music. He supported himself through art and music until his music career became his main source of income. Matteson has shown his work in Beaufort, SC at a National Gallery Gallery in Easton MD and Winston-Salem, NC. Beside some commissions and illustrations, Matteson is painting in relative obscurity. Matteson currently resides in Louisville, KY. View Some Paintings On-line: http://richardmattesonsblog.blogspot.com/
 
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Working on my Bluegrass Series: paintings of songs
 
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Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
 

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