Oregon Art Beat

Painter Matthew Dennison

Clip: Season 14 Episode 1416 | 6m 49s  | Video has closed captioning.

Painter Matthew Dennison’s work combines figures and environments in unexpected ways - such as a bear on the Bonneville Dam, or a narwhal confronting a family in a ski boat – to re-jigger assumptions about where animals belong in our ever more human-dominated world. His bright colors and blocky, naive shapes make the paintings approachable while grappling with real-life events.

Aired: 02/28/13

Rating: TV-G

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Oregon Art Beat is a local public television program presented by OPB.