These works by Matt Duffin employ a medium called encaustic painting. Encaustics are made from beeswax or other wax, to which pigment has been added. The wax is heated, applied to a prepared wood surface, and shaped using special brushes or tools. I like the effect Duffin creates by using mostly tones of black and white, with just a few small details in bright red or yellow. I also enjoy the wood grains and other patterns Duffin paints in great detail. Several of these paintings show doors, with balloons, paper airplanes, or other objects sneaking through. Other paintings show the conflict between old and new technology, with a typewriter being used as a stand for an iPad in one picture, and tablet computers lining bookshelves (leaving the few books to sit on a school desk) in another.
