Black River Falls
2001 - 2006
![Before his 'code paintings,' Matt worked in traditional materials. See his large, lifesize oil paintings from the early aughts. /art/oil-painting](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/matt_kane_-_funeral_of_peter_pan.jpg?itok=H0GTdQZa)
Before his 'code paintings,' Matt worked in traditional materials. See his large, lifesize oil paintings from the early aughts.
I painted these life-sized oil paintings from photos my family inherited. Growing up in a house cluttered with my mother’s genealogy research and old photographs spilling from every corner, I had a primal fear of anything Victorian. When I was 20, I had a dream in which an ancestor that died in childhood urged me to color her photograph. I’ve been coloring ever since.
“Oil Painting - Process Photos”
![I start by coloring over top a black and white copy of the original photo. I start by coloring over top a black and white copy of the original photo.](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/we_wait_in_song_and_lie_-_sketch.jpg?itok=W4zc5L2P)
I start by coloring over top a black and white copy of the original photo.
“Funeral of Peter Pan”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “Funeral of Peter Pan” oil painting by Matt Kane - “Funeral of Peter Pan”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/funeral.jpg?itok=iJDcvh-X)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “Funeral of Peter Pan”
“The girl who dreamt my fate to be our saint”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “The girl who dreamt my fate to be our saint” oil painting by Matt Kane - “The girl who dreamt my fate to be our saint”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992900881_2827d756aa_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=-FjRVDfw)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “The girl who dreamt my fate to be our saint”
“The swaying back of her bright tambourine”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “The swaying back of her bright tambourine” oil painting by Matt Kane - “The swaying back of her bright tambourine”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992900599_20a85f9b3e_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=Juk8nglv)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “The swaying back of her bright tambourine”
“Sunset oceans above her maple tree”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “Sunset oceans above her maple tree” oil painting by Matt Kane - “Sunset oceans above her maple tree”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992901177_9346ecbec2_o%5B1%5D_0.jpg?itok=RyF6aoRG)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “Sunset oceans above her maple tree”
“Gumballs under tongues”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “Gumballs under tongues” oil painting by Matt Kane - “Gumballs under tongues”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2993747144_2e6fde2590_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=gwoIZP0L)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “Gumballs under tongues”
“The virtues of disbelief”
![oil painting by Matt Kane - “The virtues of disbelief” oil painting by Matt Kane - “The virtues of disbelief”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2993747662_893ee0b74d_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=H20dnuTl)
oil painting by Matt Kane - “The virtues of disbelief”
“We wait in song and lie”
![The finished piece, The finished piece,](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/twins.jpg?itok=2SgaYZDu)
The finished piece, "We Wait in Song and Lie."
At the same time that I was creating large oil paintings, I'd begun experimenting with layered resin.
“Study for Leona”
![resin painting by Matt Kane - “Study for Leona” resin painting by Matt Kane - “Study for Leona”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992925375_8d5c9cbb8c_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=0n_VjS9J)
resin painting by Matt Kane - “Study for Leona”
“Eleven Mercury Stars over Lyman.”
![resin painting by Matt Kane - “Eleven Mercury Stars over Lyman.” resin painting by Matt Kane - “Eleven Mercury Stars over Lyman.”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992923933_7e892a40e1_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=jAJ_w6Nl)
resin painting by Matt Kane - “Eleven Mercury Stars over Lyman.”
“Stolen Children”
![resin box by Matt Kane - “Stolen Children” resin box by Matt Kane - “Stolen Children”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2994704812_d4e66b410a_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=6758_dOn)
resin box by Matt Kane - “Stolen Children”
“After the Theft”
![resin box by Matt Kane - “After the Theft” resin box by Matt Kane - “After the Theft”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2992939727_d76e71ab13_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=r_rQ5az0)
resin box by Matt Kane - “After the Theft”
“Virtues of Disbelief”
![resin box by Matt Kane - “Virtues of Disbelief” resin box by Matt Kane - “Virtues of Disbelief”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2994706420_9c7275cca2_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=2lZKgs6P)
resin box by Matt Kane - “Virtues of Disbelief”
“Leona giggled in the face of futures to come”
![resin box by Matt Kane - “Leona giggled in the face of futures to come” resin box by Matt Kane - “Leona giggled in the face of futures to come”](https://handturkeys.com/sites/default/files/styles/art_large/public/art_image/2993863577_5bddc54bec_o%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=sI2cxPhe)
resin box by Matt Kane - “Leona giggled in the face of futures to come”