Featured iPhone Artist: Matthew Seydel Connors

I recently discovered the iPhone artwork of Matthew Seydel Connors via the Brushes Gallery group on Flickr.   His work seems to cover a very broad range, from portraits and people studies – like Good Chestnuts (shown above) to abstract and fantasy.

When I contacted Matthew he very generously offered up some ‘back story’ information on several of his artworks that I mentioned I’d like to feature here, including details on which iPhone apps were used in the creation process.  Read on to enjoy those …

Here’s Matthew’s short backgrounder on Good Chestnuts:

This painting started on the train while I was visiting my old home of San Francisco in early July. I fingerpaint on the bus every day, so i appreciated this man’s concentration on the task at hand. Made with the Brushes App on my iPhone 3G.

Here is his Microcosm piece, and its description:

Microcosm was really testing a few apps together: first painting a background in Brushes, then laying in a few strokes in the Jackson Pollock app, applying a filter, then digging back in with Brushes. Final color correction via the Mill App.

And here is his Bird Brain artwork along with its brief description:

Bird Brain was also an experiment in ‘App-smashing’ art, starting with a few quick strokes in Fountain Pen, and Jackson Pollock while watching a man on the bus. As i pushed the image further, the bird form developed. I used a whole array of Apps on this one: Brushes, 101 Photo Filters, Fountain Pen, Jackson Pollock, iRetouch, Juxtaposer, and The Mill Colour.

I want to say a huge Thank You to Matthew for providing these great short descriptions to accompany these three wonderful images.  I love getting that insight into what inspired the work, and how it was done.

Click on each of the images in the post to see a larger version, and as soon as you have a chance, check out Matthew’s full Flickr stream HERE.

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