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Matt Niebuhr - Drawings

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Matt Niebuhr - Drawings is a collection of personal work exploring material qualities of graphite, ink, ink washes, acrylics and oil pastels...
I am an artist living and working in Des Moines, Iowa. Trained as an architect, I established a studio practice pursuing personal work in the summer of 2012 named "West Branch Studio". In the Spring of 2013, I became a contributing artist and designer engaged in making public art with RDG Dahlquist Art Studio in Des Moines, Iowa. The works represented here are personal works associated with West Branch Studio.
For me, drawing is thinking.
Drawing is a fundamental way to explore the relationships of action and reaction. The drawings are records: of the mind (thinking), of the hand (doing) and of the eye (sensing). With my drawing practice, my aim is to investigate the accumulation of lines representing a wide range of work from realistic depiction of form to abstract formlessness. I'm most intrigued by the possibilities of the accumulation of simple lines and the space in between thinking, doing and sensing.
With drawing, one thing always leads to another... and the next.
You can see a more organized selection of my work at www.mattniebuhr.com
These and other works are available for purchase online, or simply contact me for more information via email: niebuhr.matt [at] gmail.com
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… (oil on board - 24” x24” ) so I started out with a plan for something different that didn’t work out - so I decided to just squeegee it (a la Richter sort of ) - anyway it’s just a technique to play with black and yellow which can make an awesome green that really vibrates with cadmium red dragged over … this technique is not anything new - I just really enjoyed playing with thick color and dragging it across the surface - sometimes it’s good to just work with a process…. It’s going to take weeks to dry — #drawingincolor #oilpaintings #sqeegee #justhavingfun #oil #colorvibrations (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiuAXLOTY9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#oilpaintings#sqeegee#oil#colorvibrations#drawing#art#westbranchstudio#© Matt Niebuhr#West Branch Studio
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detail (untitled- 20 December 2021, 18” x 24”, walnut ink and graphite on polyester drafting film)………….measures of formlessness - nothing is certain………………………………………………………….#drawing #inkdrawing #walnutink #drawingisthinking #art #mattniebuhr #westbranchstudio (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXzKCWUOeed/?utm_medium=tumblr

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detail (from untitled - 20 December 2021, 18″ x 24″, walnut ink and graphite on polyester drafting film, Matt Niebuhr, West Branch Studio) 

#westbranchstudio#art#ink#© Matt Niebuhr#West Branch Studio
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Weathering steel after sandblasting developing initial oxidation that will eventually become a protective layer on this sculptural pavilion- the work of our Art Studio @rdgusa - a commissioned public art project and installation for the Lake Como Park, Como community of Fort Worth, Texas and the public art collection of the City of Fort Worth. Installation coming soon! @fwpublicart @publicartreview @publicartdialogue ….#publicart #fwpublicart #rdgartstudio #weatheringsteel #lakecomotx @codaworx #comotx #fortworthtexas #fortwortharts (at The Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoH-n6DADR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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