The Art
With over a billion possible combinations, you never know what majestic weirdo you’re going to get.
All Hue&Me’s are setup like traditional art prints, with a broad neutral trim around them, to allow for framing. Things got a little messy in the studio however, and it seems like not all of them managed to stay within those confines. Whoops. Guess that’s to be expected when you create these in a studio where palettes and wet brushes are scattered all around.
Hue&Me’s are built using fifteen unique layers. From the backdrop, to a skull, to various grimy detail layers, every layer holds a surprise or two. Eyes might not turn out like eyes, and who’s to say what a nose should look like?! Certainly not me.
Much like the process of painting, where you add and remove paint from a painting, These pieces also use transparent parts to let layers underneath shine through. It makes for some wildly unexpected combinations every time!
The Originals
Hue&Me is sourced from over 50 physical paintings. Carefully dissected to be reassembled into these wild new portraits. Here’s a few of them. Can you spot the parts that were used?
Consider it a look back through the last ten years of my artistic career. You can see the evolution from abstraction to figuration. You can see the different topics and concepts being portrayed. The paintings span multiple shows in galleries and museums, multiple stories woven into one big digital narrative.
About the Artist
Mathijs is a Dutch painter who works in both traditional and digital media. His work has been collected and exhibited throughout the world.
Mathijs (pronounced like Matisse, but with ice instead of isse) is a contemporary artist working in both traditional and digital media. His unique brand of portraiture is easily recognizable through the unconventional use of rich hues and values. Driven by an interest in the effects of technology on mankind, the digital space offers an incredible experimental playground.
Curious to know more?
Check out his website here.
As his work is often complex and layered, it comes as no surprise he also enjoys good puzzles. Both solving and building them, as it offers another way to delve deeper.
It might be a good idea not to take these portraits at face value, and keep a close eye on things 👀