Plaid Columns

mixed media paintings by @robmatre

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@joshbroadaway1 Beef Season 3…

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We invite you visit the Plaid Columns Open Studio 12-4 today at The Goat Farm in West Midtown Atlanta.

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@DavisJd1962 @BobbyWilson1004 Straight and long may get you in trouble at Doublegate!

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I made these three paintings in the spirit of this weekend’s 30A Songwriter’s Festival. On view at Curate 30A in Rosemary Beach.

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Plaid Columns
Discipline
mixed media on canvas
35 × 44 inches

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“Just win, baby.” -Al Davis

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The Arch
mixed media on canvas
20 × 16 inches

The Chapel Bell
mixed media on canvas
21 x 16 inches

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Plaid Columns
Nicklaus '72
mixed media on panel
48 × 29 inches

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Plaid Columns
Sea Island Chairs
mixed media on panel
30 × 30 inches

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Masters Bar-B-Que
mixed media on panel
24 × 20 inches

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1892 Georgia Bulldogs
mixed media on panel
25 × 34 inches

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Seve
mixed media on panel
24 × 32 inches

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Plaid Columns
London Calling
mixed media on wood panel
24 x 24 inches
#tdih

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Plaid Columns
Cypress Point
mixed media on wood panel
48 x 48 inches

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@ronlee1975 Same here

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Thirty years ago today, August 1, 1995, I officially opened my gallery. That was the first day of my lease on a basement space in Tula Art Center on Bennett Street.

The gallery was originally called Smith Gallery, named for one of my favorite bands, and also for Tubby Smith, the new Georgia Basketball coach at the time, one of the gallery’s early supporters. A couple years later I would change the name to Matre Gallery, as I tired of people calling me Rob Smith.

The first half of the gallery’s history was defined by showing other artist’s works, where local artists like Steve Penley, Cedric Smith, Mark Boomershine and Tracy Sharp got their start. Monthly openings on Bennett Street were often epic.

The last fifteen years has taken surprising turns. Bennett Street went downhill, and the gallery would soon move to Miami Circle. As I turned my focus to my own photographs and Plaid Columns paintings, Matre Gallery became more of a working studio and a vehicle for promoting and selling my own artworks.

Thirty years…it’s gone by fast. I don’t plan to slow down any time soon, but it is nice to stop and reflect at moments like this. Thank you to all y’all that have supported me along the way. If you’re still reading, that likely means you!

-@robmatre

Pictured from August 1995 L-R:
Rob Matre, Steve Penley, Mark Barge, Carole Carter Malloy, Lars Hellstrom.
Paintings in background by Steve Penley and Art Rosenbaum.

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@ronlee1975

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@BobbyWilson1004 @thatSECpodcast Perfect

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@BobbyWilson1004 @GAFollowers Fourth major city is up for debate…but it is not Atlanta.

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“Don’t believe I’da told that.” -Lewis Grizzard

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Tickets for the Inaugural Invesco QQQ Atlanta Gridiron Classic will go on sale August 8.

🐶 UGA vs. 🐝 Georgia Tech
🎟️ On sale Aug 8 - @Ticketmaster
🔓 Presale access available now: https://t.co/HPEG7sdnSN