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HomeContemporary Art Portfolio
Illustration of a stylized, cartoon-like girl with exaggerated facial features, including large, half-closed eyes with heavy pink eyelids, thick black bangs, and full, parted pink lips showing slightly crooked front teeth. Two thick, white tears with blue outlines stream down her cheeks, emphasizing her distressed expression. The background is dark, contrasting with her warm-toned skin.
February 1, 2025
Contemporary Art

Impulse Bangs

Bangs: Because Therapy Is Expensive.

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El Toro de la Muerte, a black minimalist bull artwork inspired by Mexican folklore, symbolizing death, protection, and the supernatural.
January 2, 2025
Contemporary Art

El Toro de la Muerte

“Those who meet the bull on their path will feel the weight of fate; some may live to tell the tale, but many do not.”

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Illustration of a classical male bust with curly hair, inspired by ancient Greek sculpture, featuring an arm bursting from the top of the head, holding a lock of hair.
December 13, 2024
Contemporary Art

Apollo Ex Mentis

It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle, Metaphysics Process Video: @med.ley APOLLO EX MENTIS (‘Apollo From the Mind’) –

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A stylized artwork featuring a muscular figure with raised arms forming a triangular shape, holding a single drop of water. The piece conveys themes of strength, life, and the vital connection between water and humanity.
December 2, 2024
Contemporary Art

Fortis Vitae

“Strength of Life” “Vires aquarum vitam sustentant.” – “The strength of waters sustains life.”

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An illustration titled ‘The Koi Thief,’ depicting a white and orange cat with vivid red eyes, poised in water with a captured red koi fish.
November 26, 2024
Contemporary Art

The Koi Thief

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not ~ Ernest Hemingway

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Abstract portrait of a woman looking down, conveying exhaustion and frustration through sketch-like lines and muted colors
September 18, 2024
Contemporary Art

Sick of These

The artwork titled “Sick of These” portrays a woman overwhelmed by exhaustion and deep contemplation. Her downcast eyes and slumped posture convey mental fatigue and frustratio

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The Kaibyō series by artist Matt Medley. Kaibyō, meaning ‘mysterious cat’ in Japanese folklore, represent supernatural beings with shape-shifting abilities.
June 14, 2024
Contemporary Art

The kaibyō Series

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“The Kings of Hell” art series by artist Matt Medley
April 5, 2024
Contemporary Art

Grey Gods

Old and wise and cruel, they breathe fiery threats against the citadels of heaven.

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Bakemono (Monsters) black ink illustration series
March 4, 2024
Contemporary Art

Bakemono (Monsters)

Bakemono are like the shadows that dance on the walls at night, always changing shape and form, never quite staying the same.

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“Saddies” digital illustration series by artist and designer Matt Medley.
January 31, 2024
Contemporary Art

Saddies

She was like a wilting flower, her petals drooping and her face turned down in a permanent frown.

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‘Brain Fog’ art series by artist Matt Medley.
December 21, 2023
Contemporary Art

Brain Fog

Her thoughts were like a jumbled mess of string, impossible to untangle or make sense of.

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Artistic representation of the mythical River Styx, a boundary between the living and the dead in Greek mythology.
December 10, 2023
Contemporary Art

River Styx

The River Styx, as dark and silent as the night, flowed through the underworld, its waters choked with the souls of the dead.

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