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- Artist: Matt Herring
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Fallen Angel is a striking and evocative limited edition artwork by acclaimed British artist Matt Herring, celebrated for his powerful contemporary portraiture that unites the human form with intricate natural symbolism. Renowned for blending classical elegance with bold modern influences, Herring creates images that radiate both beauty and strength. His work serves as a tribute to feminine resilience and mystique-transforming his subjects into captivating modern icons.
In this stunning composition, a poised female figure takes centre stage, her confident stance and direct gaze establishing her as a commanding presence. Her body is adorned with elaborate tattoos, merging personal expression with visual storytelling. Extending from her shoulders are radiant gold wings-an emblem of power, transformation, and ascension. A sculptural floral headdress crowns her, symbolising beauty, renewal, and connection to the natural world. Behind her, a large gold halo encircles her form: a luminous, celestial backdrop that elevates the subject to a divine and almost mythological status.
The background is awash with soft gradients of grey, enriched by graffiti textures and expressive drips of paint that introduce an urban edge. This juxtaposition-graceful figure, classical symbolism, modern street-style energy-forms the foundation of Herring's distinctive visual language. The result is a portrait that feels both timeless and fearlessly contemporary.
Produced as a limited edition on aluminium, Fallen Angel showcases a luxurious metallic surface that interacts beautifully with light. The gold detailing and reflective textures shift and glow as the viewer moves, enhancing the artwork's depth and visual impact. Each piece is hand-signed and numbered by the artist, making it a highly collectable addition for contemporary art enthusiasts.
Presented in a contemporary, complementary frame, the artwork achieves a refined finish that highlights the composition's elegance and golden accents without drawing attention away from the subject herself. Measuring 21 x 28 inches (artwork size) and 24 x 31 inches framed, the piece holds strong presence in any interior-an ideal focal point for a living space, bedroom, or stylish modern gallery wall.
Symbolism lies at the heart of Herring's artistic storytelling. Wings signify transcendence and a rise above adversity. Floral elements suggest natural beauty and the cycles of change and growth. Tattoos offer a sense of identity and individuality. Together, these motifs reflect the artist's belief in empowerment, self-possession, and the enduring spirit of the women he portrays. Through mixed media techniques, collage elements, and gold embellishment, Herring infuses every portrait with emotion, energy, and a sense of sacred glamour.
Highly respected within the contemporary art world, Matt Herring has spent over 25 years refining his craft. His work has been celebrated internationally and featured in prestigious locations including the Royal Albert Hall, the London Underground, and major cultural exhibitions. His innovative approach has also led to collaborations with leading media and entertainment icons, amplifying his reputation as an artist whose creations resonate far beyond the gallery.
Edition Size: 150 - Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Artwork Size: 21 x 28 inches
Framed Size: 24 x 31 inches
Medium: Limited Edition on Aluminium
Includes: Certificate of Authenticity
Frame: Contemporary, complementary frame
Fallen Angel stands as a mesmerising celebration of feminine power, modern myth-making, and symbolic beauty. A statement piece of depth and allure, it embodies the compelling fusion of antique inspiration and cutting-edge craft that defines Matt Herring's work.
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Matt Herring's sensual female portraiture explores the relationship between the human form and the natural world in a breath-taking blend of antiquity and modernity. Focusing on the inherent beauty of the feminine he ornaments his portraiture with contemporary elements such as tattoos, alongside Victorian botanical and naturalist illustrations and found objects from the natural world. By creating this juxtaposition between past and present and employing avant-garde technique with vintage materials, Matt creates something which is slightly surreal and stylistically unique.
This meeting of ancient and modern is rather beautifully reflected by Matt's choice of studio. While he uses cutting edge equipment and art materials, he works in an old Victorian warehouse space which was one of the world's first photo labs - to us a piece of history, but in its day the height of technological advancement. This is where Matt creates his stunning portraits using collage with mixed media including spray paint and gold leaf, and infusing his work with what he describes as 'a pinch of pop art'.
Having collaborated with magazines including Vogue and Vanity Fair Matt has an insider's understanding of working with models and manipulating images. Having selected the subject, he adapts the appearance of the model by adding tattoos, changing skin tones to black and white, applying halftone texture or changing poses and body positions to fit his composition. His stated intention is to convey the strength and power of his subjects as well as giving his personal interpretation of beauty, balance and harmony - in his stunning artwork these women have the status of modern-day goddesses.
Symbolism is a significant feature in all of Matt's work. Butterflies and snakes, for instance, are present to indicate renewal and rebirth while bees stand for abundance and prosperity, and dragonflies for hope and change. Birds, too, are a powerful recurring presence, as they are of course synonymous with freedom in many cultures and religions. He receives many of his ideas and influences in terms of colour, form and imagery while exploring the natural environment, picking up feathers to include in a collaged image while walking through woodland with his dog, or observing the unique light and colours of the Balearics.
Matt has been an artist for over 25 years. His work is widely collected and has been displayed in venues as diverse as independent galleries, London Underground stations, Bollywood film theatres and the Royal Albert Hall. Commissions have come from the BBC, The National Theatre, and Guy Ritchie's production team, and the Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli owns a huge portrait of himself that Matt created for the British Academy exhibition at the Guardian Newspaper. Of 2,500 Time Out covers published since 1968, one of Matt's, celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, was included in the top 50 and hung in the 50 Years 50 Covers exhibition in the London Brand Museum alongside works from Banksy and Tracey Emin, as well as being featured in the accompanying book.