Matthew Paoletti: Pure Chicago – Style Painter
Back alley rehearsals of tango dancers intertwined with musicians tuning up for an evening’s performance; gritty rough-edged businessmen conversing over a game of cards in the back room; a quiet evening in one of Little Italy’s restaurants drinking Chianti and dancing between the meal courses. This is Matthew Paoletti, a Second City story teller painting visual contrasts of life in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods from Greektown to Chinatown. Paoletti’s impressions of Jazzy nightclubs and Bohemian hangouts are poignant and insightful. His color palette is tonal, full of life and complimented with textural warm brushstrokes rendering soft, striking moments of life.
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