Joseph Matar

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ART: PAINTING

Joseph Matar: Wealth of artistic creativity and abundance of mesmerizing multidimensional colors. By David Nye

The artist is an intriguing, prophetic and captivating presence which transcended the frontiers of conventionalism and the limitations of the power of mind and esthetical visions. For he is a poet, a philosopher, a published author, an academician, a religious visionary, a painter, a raconteur and...probably, the last of the illustrious "true artists" of the Near East. Classically trained, nourished with French and Lebanese culture, traditions, history and arts, Mr Joseph Matar continued to discover new themes and new esthetical landscapes through his religious and philosophical contemplations. Admirably he paints sceneries and landscapes of the magical lands of Lebanon, its old warm and ethnic houses, colorful villages, faces of shepherds and peasants, small town gatherings, weddings, prairies and enchanted mountains enrobed in captivating horizons and memories of the Grand Orient and his majestic homeland. Equally grandiose and lyrical is his style of blending and creating colors which transform our troubled world into a fairytale lands and a kingdom of nostalgic beauty and enchanting serenity. He is the prophet and grand master of colors. He is the confident raconteur and lyrical storyteller of the mystical and sacred mysteries and stories of colors and how they gather through Matar's stokes, passages of cherished moments in our lives, memories of the good old times of Lebanon, the peaceful tranquility of its small villages, the stories of the neighbors and the dreams of a generation embarking on a long journey toward a future built upon rich traditions from the past and new aspirations of a multicultural society.

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Captivating sceneries of time, colors, memories and beauty of a vanished nostalgic era, by the magnificent artist Joseph Matar.