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Portraits to Comfort, Encourage and Inspire
![Come-as-Children_ptg-2a-800px realistic acrylic portrait children walking in woods](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Come-as-Children_ptg-2a-800px.jpg)
"Come as Children," 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas portrait, Copyright 2017 by Matt Philleo, artist.
![Elisha Holding Mantle](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMAG1750-e1453091386193.jpg)
"Picking up the Mantle" 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas, by artist Matt Philleo
![Smoldering_Wick_1920px](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Smoldering_Wick_1920px.jpg)
![Nehemiah_Ptg_750px Nehemiah rebuilding the wall painting](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nehemiah_Ptg_6x9-3a-sm.jpg)
"Rebuilding the Broken, 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas, depicting Nehemiah rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, an illustration by artist Matt Philleo for a book by Russell Stendal, published by Aneko Press, 2018
![Bethel_Mural_Panel_2_750px_detail "Bethel Mural: The Gospel from Genesis to Revelation", by Dave Mattison and Matt Philleo, 2013, panel 2](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bethel_Mural_Panel_2_750px_detail.jpg)
"Bethel Mural: The Gospel from Genesis to Revelation", by artists Dave Mattison and Matt Philleo, 2013, panel 2, detail
![Acts_Painting_1-sm-b Peter lame man being healed Acts](http://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Acts_Painting_1-sm-b.jpg)
"Strength to Rise", 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas by artist Matt Philleo, copyright 2017
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"Victory in Surrender" 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas, by Matt Philleo.
Portraits to Comfort, Encourage and Inspire
Hi, I’m Matt Philleo. Since 1991, I have been creating detailed, realistic pencil drawings and acrylic paintings on commission and exhibition.
My goal is, through beautiful and emotive art, to bring comfort, encouragement, and inspiration, especially to the discouraged and brokenhearted, so they can experience true and lasting peace.
Please contact me if you have any questions and visit my blog posts to see my most current work. If you’d like to be added to my personal and confidential email list, sign up right here.
To learn more about my custom portraits, visit TraditionStudio.com, my official commissioned artwork page
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“Inscribed”
14″ x 17″
Pencil on Paper
UPCOMING SHOWS:
- 11th Annual Artisans Showcase–Merrill, WI. February 9, 2019 | 12-4:30PM (More info)
- Realistic Acrylic Portraits: A Two-Day Worskshop. March 12-13, 10:30AM-3:30PM (More info)
Here’s the Latest From My Blog…
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A Wonderful Weekend at Falling Leaves
I’m still getting things back together in my studio from exhibiting at the Falling Leaves Art Tour, over the weekend. I had a great time! Sold several prints of my paintings and picked up a few commissions. I thank God for that! Here was my display on a wall of stacked firewood. It’s always interesting to try to hang artwork on it…:) The best part of all were the great conversations I had and being able to stay at my friend and fellow artist Ron La Blanc’s house in Augusta, WI and just hang out. Always a blessed time. They make me feel like part of the family. 🙂 Here is a photo I snapped of their backyard. The colors are just intense at this time of year! Fall in Wisconsin can get cold! So we had a little outdoor wood stove to keep us warm! Ron La Blanc’s son Travis supplied the muscle power to get the wood small enough to fit in! Here is Ron chatting with a friend (and customer) about his pottery… I prepared a few more prints of my painting “Smoldering Wick.” I sold one of them, and several others, at the show. But soon enough, it was over. And now we have a regular wood stack again! It was a wonderful weekend again this year. I’m looking forward to next year…it goes by very fast! Thank you to all who came out to the tour this year. God bless you! Have a blessed day and... read more![Getting Ready For Falling Leaves with New Acrylic Paintings](https://mattphilleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Come-as-Children_ptg-2-800px.jpg)
Getting Ready For Falling Leaves with New Acrylic Paintings
It’s amazing that just the weekend before last, my family and I were out camping in a tent. We thought we were doing some fall camping, but with temperatures of close to eighty degrees at night, it was still summer, for all intents and purposes. But how the weather in Wisconsin can change on a dime. As I write, next week we’ll hit freezing temperatures at night. The days are getting shorter again. The trees are starting to see bright red patches in the middle of green. Fall is here. And of course, for me, that means my biggest art show of the year is almost here: the Falling Leaves Art Studio Tour. It seems like it was just a few weeks ago when I pulled my paintings off the wood-stacked wall in my friend’s makeshift gallery space, nestled in the beautiful countryside of Augusta, WI. But soon I’ll be traveling over there again–next weekend–to set up. My goal is to get there early, and set up before the wee hours of morning. Every year it’s a bit different. The wood-stack is a little taller or deeper, and you never know how your art is going to hang on it. But there’s plenty of places to drive a nail! I am looking forward to connecting with you and all the others who can make it out there this year. It’s always a great time. Here are some of the new paintings I’ve been working on this year (or at least since the last art tour…) Some of these paintings will be at the... read moreI do Custom Fine Art Portraits from Your Photo.
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