Matt Katz
@matt-katz.bsky.social
Artist, art educator, art history fan, disability rights advocate, opera fanatic, first-rate second-rate wit.
I thought I saw a “peanut butter” scented candle but on closer inspection it was “peony blossom.” Another side-effect of grocery shopping while hungry, I guess
June 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I thought I saw a “peanut butter” scented candle but on closer inspection it was “peony blossom.” Another side-effect of grocery shopping while hungry, I guess
There needs to be a word for “words that seem to refer to a creature or animal, but actually don’t” (e.g. “dongle,” “ramekin”).
May 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There needs to be a word for “words that seem to refer to a creature or animal, but actually don’t” (e.g. “dongle,” “ramekin”).
Some coworkers and I partially disassembled an old upright piano and are turning it into a visual art object. More painting ideas than sculpture ideas, but you’ll get that with a painter, I guess 😁
March 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Some coworkers and I partially disassembled an old upright piano and are turning it into a visual art object. More painting ideas than sculpture ideas, but you’ll get that with a painter, I guess 😁
Tablet painting from a photo of my brother’s bat/gremlin-like cat
March 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tablet painting from a photo of my brother’s bat/gremlin-like cat
I was going to take a great photo of some clouds earlier but my phone ran out of charge. You’ll just need to take my word for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
March 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I was going to take a great photo of some clouds earlier but my phone ran out of charge. You’ll just need to take my word for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Luna the D&D cat loves my Madrid public transit card (which I brought to D&D for some reason)
February 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Luna the D&D cat loves my Madrid public transit card (which I brought to D&D for some reason)
Wow, my ACLU card is colorful now?
February 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wow, my ACLU card is colorful now?
So...hold on...you're telling me that "The Braxton Hicks Contraction" *isn't* a workmanlike political thriller or disaster movie from the '70s? You say Gene Hackman's not even in it?
Okay, well, false alarm, I guess. 🙃
Okay, well, false alarm, I guess. 🙃
January 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
So...hold on...you're telling me that "The Braxton Hicks Contraction" *isn't* a workmanlike political thriller or disaster movie from the '70s? You say Gene Hackman's not even in it?
Okay, well, false alarm, I guess. 🙃
Okay, well, false alarm, I guess. 🙃
Cool cats! Hamfisted drawing, but it gets a few cleverness points
January 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Cool cats! Hamfisted drawing, but it gets a few cleverness points
Idle Watteau thought: with all the people in Watteau paintings hanging out in the woods, I think they should probably check for ticks.
January 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Idle Watteau thought: with all the people in Watteau paintings hanging out in the woods, I think they should probably check for ticks.
Splurged on an orchestra-level seat for La Bohème at (@azopera.org) Saturday. I have this notion that I’m “too cool” for La Bohème, but no, that’s not really true. I listen and instantly remember hearing the 73’ Freni/Pavarotti/Karajan recording way back in 2001 when I was first getting into opera.
January 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Splurged on an orchestra-level seat for La Bohème at (@azopera.org) Saturday. I have this notion that I’m “too cool” for La Bohème, but no, that’s not really true. I listen and instantly remember hearing the 73’ Freni/Pavarotti/Karajan recording way back in 2001 when I was first getting into opera.
Ink drawing from a photo of a colleague’s “cloaked bee” sculpture
January 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ink drawing from a photo of a colleague’s “cloaked bee” sculpture
I run a regular Dungeons and Dragons campaign at a friend’s house. Luna, their cat, is the least aloof cat I’ve ever met, and enjoys head butting me, my computer, and the DM screen. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #cat
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I run a regular Dungeons and Dragons campaign at a friend’s house. Luna, their cat, is the least aloof cat I’ve ever met, and enjoys head butting me, my computer, and the DM screen. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #cat
A fuzzy digital photograph of a painting I did way back in 2006. It sold not a moment after leaving the easel, so this was the only record I had a chance to make of it. This definitely speaks of the cheer and optimism of one’s early twenties, no? 🙃 Feels about right for today, too. #hope #art
January 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Working from a repro of an unclearly-attributed print of a Watteau drawing (I think?) Interesting, if not very Watteau-like
January 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Working from a repro of an unclearly-attributed print of a Watteau drawing (I think?) Interesting, if not very Watteau-like
Here is my latest take. It's *screamingly* irrelevant, but unique: I put it to you that - in the 1948 MGM musical "Luxury Liner" - opera singer Lauritz Melchior here is channeling some real "TV's Frank from MST3K" energy with his haircut. I suspect time-travel nonsense. @frankconniff.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Here is my latest take. It's *screamingly* irrelevant, but unique: I put it to you that - in the 1948 MGM musical "Luxury Liner" - opera singer Lauritz Melchior here is channeling some real "TV's Frank from MST3K" energy with his haircut. I suspect time-travel nonsense. @frankconniff.bsky.social
A coworker asked yesterday if I liked blue cheeses, and I replied, “I want to like blue cheese, but I haven’t met the right one yet."
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A coworker asked yesterday if I liked blue cheeses, and I replied, “I want to like blue cheese, but I haven’t met the right one yet."
"Contra el bien general" (Against the common good) - Francisco Goya (1814-15, published 1863)
January 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Contra el bien general" (Against the common good) - Francisco Goya (1814-15, published 1863)
I've been on a big #watteau kick lately. The first image is my in-progress mixed-media transcription (started as a watercolor monotype), and the second image is a photo reproduction of "La Perspective" (c. 1715). (Yeah, I printed the monotype at a jaunty angle).
January 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I've been on a big #watteau kick lately. The first image is my in-progress mixed-media transcription (started as a watercolor monotype), and the second image is a photo reproduction of "La Perspective" (c. 1715). (Yeah, I printed the monotype at a jaunty angle).