05/26/2026
Matt Duffin came to art by way of architecture, and his paintings carry that foundation in every sharp plane, every precise contrast, every carefully constructed spatial tension. Executed in encaustic wax with a limited palette, they walk the line between realism and imagination with the confidence of someone who has studied exactly where that line falls.
What sets his work apart is what lives inside it. Inanimate objects with personalities. Commercial characters with inner lives. A dark humor that is, as Duffin describes it, “a universal language that turns the ominous playful and the strange somehow familiar.”
His work is held in collections across the globe, including the Crocker Art Museum, the Progressive Art Collection, and the Howard Tullman Collection of Contemporary Art.
His works, Burden of Proof, Punch Drunk, bozo, Charco, and Señor Papá, are available at the gallery. Stop by or contact us for more information on his work.
