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Matthew McDole

Louisville, KY

(b. 1987) Bedford, KY

Matthew McDole was raised on a farm in Bedford, Kentucky, and currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. He is an illustrator, painter, designer, and skateboarder. His work explores love, mystery, and the macabre. 

He mixes tattoo flash-art style with pop culture references, seamlessly blending deadpan humor with a modest amount of melancholy. McDole’s clean, graphic imagery expresses a kind of be-happy, life-is-meaningless attitude not too dissimilar to the philosophic theory of Absurdism popularized by the French philosopher and author Albert Camus. Followers of Absurdism accept that there is no meaning and revel in the absurdity of life, leading to a kind of joy. This sentiment closely parallels with McDole's own personal outlook.

Ultimately, however, McDole is a romantic and this feeling of insignificance is a cause for celebration and reason to enjoy life. He believes people should make the best of their situations in the brief amount of time they have. 

The imagery in his work references all manner of symbols from intimate to absurd. His designs reflect personal experiences and interests that highlight joys found in life both large and small. These things are great reminders that things aren’t always so serious, and we don’t always need to sweat the small stuff.

Gallop | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Gallop
$ 700.00
Shadow Play | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Shadow Play
$ 650.00
Body | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Body
$ 600.00
El Mundo | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
El Mundo
$ 550.00
Jamie | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Jamie
$ 500.00
Sweetheart | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Sweetheart
$ 500.00
Roses Are Fallin' | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Soda Girl | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Soda Girl
$ 500.00
True Stories | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Blaze | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Blaze
$ 500.00
Tiptoe Buckaroo | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Horses, Horses, Horses | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Frecks & Checks | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Person & Sun | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Pie O My | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Pie O My
$ 400.00
Mia | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Mia
$ 400.00
1984 | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
1984
$ 400.00
Invincible Summer | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
New Shoes | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
New Shoes
$ 400.00
Buffet | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Buffet
$ 400.00
Mall Walker | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Mall Walker
$ 400.00
Person, Plants, & Dots | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Someone Like You | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Boy With Apple | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Palm | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Palm
$ 350.00
Lone | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Lone
$ 350.00
Dorothy | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Dorothy
$ 350.00
Maggie | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Maggie
$ 350.00
Triplets | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Triplets
$ 350.00
Moss | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Moss
$ 350.00
Harry | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Harry
$ 350.00
Lil | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Lil
$ 350.00
Sleep | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Sleep
$ 300.00
Woodell | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Woodell
$ 300.00
Bo | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Bo
$ 300.00
Mary | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Mary
$ 300.00
Horses, Horses, Horses Print | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole
Horses, Horses, Horses Tote Bag | {neighborhood} Matthew McDole