At times, a painter will surprise us, amaze us with the quality and the originality of his or her work. Yet, it is a miracle to maintain the admirers interest for more than 30 years, fascinate them, enthrall them with a few small formats, but that is what Antonio Matallana does. He multiplies the difficulties of the « rendering » over compositions that are strictly limited to trompe lil classics. He never stops associating to them the acquired stunning technique with the poetry that emanates from the choice of the objects and the patterns that are incredibly beautiful in spite of, or because of, their modest use.
The sensual browns, worthy of the greatest Sevillian masters such as Zurbaran, enable Antonio Matallanas demonstration of the striking realism and the soul of the objects in a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere, under a golden light, in an intimate setting.
Matallana is a prolific artist who expresses his love of things with the humility of spirit but under a tremendous fascinating beauty that he conducts at his discretion, to the delight of exceptional paintings, of a bewitching spell.
Antonio Matallana was born in 1953 in Avila.