<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:19:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@matteopaints/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["Ripped Sky" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ripped Sky" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on my last post "A Rip in Time" here is another painting from a long time ago, early 90's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--271978187--ntopaz--2019-07-01-11-42-06--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--271978187--ntopaz--2019-07-01-11-42-06--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk9S4W7gVeQVSnca6LrBLgNcZEzEaap6jWufGwLo7VeWUDsMdEp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["A Rip In Time" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["A Rip In Time" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting takes me all the way back to 1992, the first year I lived in Firenze after I was finished with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1718920900--ntopaz--2019-06-29-13-07-27--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1718920900--ntopaz--2019-06-29-13-07-27--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskU1nUS3VJSPhobrpDMfQrGj8Z6x9KQJbd889KxsJAvXS2RoGHR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Days and Nights" (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Days and Nights" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved This painting goes back almost all of the way to my beginnings as a painter, early 90's, when I first moved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1874529415--ntopaz--2019-06-27-12-10-35--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1874529415--ntopaz--2019-06-27-12-10-35--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk8BobVRPtAr3AtihKqsc4GfFwBHGFw1m35Urn7ZhkDYUuAnxUu?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter and Io (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Jupiter and Io" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Following up on yesterday's Space Painting Post, here is another one featuring my Painting of Jupiter and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--853417940--ntopaz--2019-06-25-16-14-17--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--853417940--ntopaz--2019-06-25-16-14-17--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk87EMYpziVRuiPZjHMnUsTENdJsZTzB6RckTR5cSbvKSMq1vuu?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat’s Eye Nebula (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Cat’s Eye Nebula” (Detail) Oil on Canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Today I am featuring one of my space paintings. I have always been a fan of science fiction, and space in particular.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1179937344--ntopaz--2019-06-24-16-06-26--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1179937344--ntopaz--2019-06-24-16-06-26--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk8BuPPPyeF2zqqV5FMbnfKTKdrgcRLrA7tygRVtEbC1EuMti3u?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Il Putto" (Detail)]]></title><description><![CDATA["Il Putto" (Detail) Oil on Canvas / Private Collection / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia In Florence there are many statues that are notorious, the David by Michelangelo, Cellini's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1712717565--ntopaz--2019-06-21-19-48-19--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1712717565--ntopaz--2019-06-21-19-48-19--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:48:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk9sPWb2CoiGj6VEiP3ejjvzSX4PuTQpmUSqcJ4nfXib99AAKyu?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls of Montmartre (Detail)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working on my theme of French inspiration, here is a detail from my original oil painting entitled “Girls of Montmartre” . I was collaborating with a gallery in Paris, so I went up there to visit, such]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--886614849--ntopaz--2019-06-20-19-32-39--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--886614849--ntopaz--2019-06-20-19-32-39--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:32:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHzQogASogUNEbsRZE4byTJJPWXh11pJQPEh5xmKraNvW5aNgDuopqmoTGwWnFYRvuGeRCgkfiaASt8dsHNnrudbbaN2HDVR3nN3HAygrZuFM4QqS4S16EJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes Reflections (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Cannes Reflections" (Detail) oil on canvas / ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Here is the next "close up" in my latest series of oil paintings to share on nTopaz. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--159905764--ntopaz--2019-06-19-14-20-08--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--159905764--ntopaz--2019-06-19-14-20-08--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskAKL2vqu2hWhawrkCnA1cmyNDwshS3gUpXWzMGFBs992cXqXsi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nymph of the Fields (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Nymph of the Fields" (Detail) ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates, Firenze, Italia Hey everybody! Glad to be back again today with another "close up" of one of my original oil paintings.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--940338565--ntopaz--2019-06-18-12-58-40--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--940338565--ntopaz--2019-06-18-12-58-40--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:58:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskWDPCSjUSvnHtRkujmTKPKQ6fQVZn6xKDNESG7HssJRcPcxsq7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prague (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Prague" (Detail) Whenever I get a chance to travel, I tend to take a lot of pictures which then can become paintings when I get back to Firenze. This is one of them, taken on a weekend trip]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--969802534--ntopaz--2019-06-17-16-25-26--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--969802534--ntopaz--2019-06-17-16-25-26--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:25:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskUT2fcMTSXhdEcZ4SnM8xwyEykS2PMBNFpZ3ExxqADaHSnzkQP?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uffizi View (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Uffizi View” (Detail) Oil on canvas / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is the latest installment of my ‘up close and personal’ collection. Today I am featuring a painting that is a little]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--2069131460--ntopaz--2019-06-16-16-10-30--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--2069131460--ntopaz--2019-06-16-16-10-30--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk8C7w5yTA1bhHkbcHMBdCotZdYndz9fDVumzX7uAhnnspGrA1i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victorian Greenhouse (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victorian Greenhouse (detail) Original Oil Painting / Private Collection / ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here is another close up of one of my oil paintings. This is one of my all time favorites.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--339723358--ntopaz--2019-06-15-13-48-56--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--339723358--ntopaz--2019-06-15-13-48-56--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCsk87owww3zMatcQ986mDXxpSS7HZdSZ2zWxe7eB5PoJr3s6DDEa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campanile di Giotto (Detail) by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the second installment of my up close look at my oil paintings. This is a classic, the painting took all Summer to paint back when I had an outdoor studio in my garden. The painting depicts the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1306107969--ntopaz--2019-06-14-17-09-05--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1306107969--ntopaz--2019-06-14-17-09-05--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskTvg9bBVsUq7ZLDZBZ2tghBNUWBdSEHutfY4TTpQtZhu6W6DDQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purple Orchid (Detail)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purple Orchid (Detail) Oil on Canvas ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved I have decided to share some of the up close and nitty gritty parts of my paintings. This painting of purple orchids represents]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--916631369--ntopaz--2019-06-13-14-11-15--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--916631369--ntopaz--2019-06-13-14-11-15--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskAQ25YVZoEbDJ1R9xC4LRkxLb3ogiRAMMEVPi2vC8jrq3DY6mn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Cavallino Rampante" by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ferrari Scudo Mixed media painted directly on the wall of my studio in Firenze, Italy. ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Whenever I am working on a large painting project like my Duomo Prainting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1052962271--ntopaz--2019-06-10-14-09-29--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1052962271--ntopaz--2019-06-10-14-09-29--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskUNijYuLDxENYULKAFJFfJvdKcYE6FeKLQQjRDAqZNoyZZrGZr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Focus”]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Focus” Oil on Canvas ©️Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved I’ve decided to post some of my paintings up close and personal. I love macro photography, it gives me some amazing inspiration getting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1156579681--ntopaz-art-c-squared-art-venture-artzone--2019-05-29-18-37-57--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--1156579681--ntopaz-art-c-squared-art-venture-artzone--2019-05-29-18-37-57--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 16:37:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskU1ZkCiE5wpGawXFVHNQLfpz6o47WwchiFnN1aVN4LAhkx98hW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Poppies on a Hill" by Matthew Holden Bates]]></title><description><![CDATA["Poppies on a Hill" Oil on Canvas - 75cm 100cm - ©2017 Matthew Holden Bates, All Rights Reserved Here in Firenze Spring has sprung, with lots of rain so everything is growing like crazy. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--526010567--ntopaz--2019-05-20-16-05-28--artwork--none</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ntopaz/@matteopaints/ntopaz--matteopaints--526010567--ntopaz--2019-05-20-16-05-28--artwork--none</guid><category><![CDATA[ntopaz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 14:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83iwcPd8oMpjAo5KXjFJfa96tQCskVLJFGs8wFt7L4u13NawT5yKCdfSPDGVGsz5U1ksYAtTyRfJFr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duomo Project / May 11th Quick Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duomo Project / Work in Progress Hey everybody! Just a quick update today, I started in on some of the intricate decoration, and I wanted to share it with you! I am beginning to see that I chose well which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@matteopaints/duomo-project-may-11th-quick-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@matteopaints/duomo-project-may-11th-quick-update</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2019 13:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ69XHJsoTeqCUxtXNaxWdCv9v5Ry8RmcW4pcViGBmQxCCRUACS14sisK3mAyhmiNFNSCtrzt4MhR8p4ye8tMzndQ8wgraqvS99NoXNjo65EBrjoVe81Lmt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buongiorno From Firenze]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Duomo from the Fortezza del Basso" - Photograph, Digital - ©2019, Matthew Holden Bates I usually don't post photography, but this one is something that I want to see again. I took this photo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@matteopaints/buongiorno-from-firenze</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@matteopaints/buongiorno-from-firenze</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 12:41:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81Mi1b9es9SMPrYjDxwedWRg7oqAfPz4AgFvz2p2GjzCRQQfby89vjZdxkkF84uK3fmoogvsxMBP9ovMfwDipkLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duomo Project / May 7th Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duomo Project / work in progress ©️Matthew Holden Bates Things have been busy here in Firenze, even though I have been painting a bit less than usual, I have been hard at work in the studio this week.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@matteopaints/duomo-project-may-7th-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@matteopaints/duomo-project-may-7th-update</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matteopaints]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 17:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ64oQL6YXcykzWg5UN2sFc7zUGgK75Xkf1z7JAendTyrC4BHcyMK79K3arJpSa9m84TYVWRHrbJVFhkJfJP1JLnutzeGPdGjKdNCJUi6sNTUc4sutThav2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>