Matt Adrian is perhaps best known as the man behind MincingMockingbird, a humorous collection of fun and delightful art for your home and life. The reoccurring theme of his work is birds, a subject the artist captures in lush acrylics, tones of the paintings varying from cute to strange and sinister. However, the key aspect of Adrian's work is not the detailed feathers or subtle brushstrokes, but the genius juxtaposition of pieces and their titles. As Matt Adrian himself describes, the titles put together with his work are meant to compare "the purity of nature with the banality of modern human existence".
Based in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California, Matt Adrian has created many pieces dedicated to avians, ranging from the very mundane ones we meet almost daily, to their exotic and colorful cousins. Throughout the years, he published a number of books, focusing on different series of bird art.
Creeping from the corner of the canvas, or standing bold stretched across the painting, the many feathered subjects naturally draw attention, whereas the titles add personality and shift our pre-existing idea of the piece.
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Prolonging Revenge Through Reincarnation
An Unexpected And Extremely Heated Argument With Her Amazon Echo Regarding Flushable Wet Wipes Had Left Her Shaken And Unnerved
A Financially Unstable Mess, But At The Liquor Store They Call Me Ma'am
I Will Put You Down As A Soft Maybe
Purifying Angel Of The Decomposing Carcass
Stress Eating As Self-Expression
Starting To Rethink My Well-Intentioned Effort To Strike Up A Cultural Conversation With The Caps Lock Crowd
Had I But Hands To Put About Your Throat
In The Beginning, We Called It Love
Cardinals mate for life as do a number of other bird species. We named our resident pair Claudia and Richelieu.
Grandpa Used To Whip Quarters At Me And Scream "Pull Them Out Of Your Ear Yourself"
I Have Seen The Interiors Of Cloud Formations That Make Your Cathedrals Look Like Wal-Marts
Beneath My Sketchy And Stilted Narrative Is A Longing For Loneliness
If You Clone Me, My First Order Of Business Will Be To Kill You All
When I Was Invited Back To His Place, I Thought It Was For More Than A Tour Of His For-Profit Ferret Hospice
She Never Looked Lovelier Than When Stumbling Up To A Late Night Drive Thru And Starting An Altercation
Mixing A Seance With Charades Seemed Like A Fun Idea But Oh Christ What Have We Done?
Overdressed And Underappreciated
Coz peacocking is arrogant and narcissistic! As peacocks usually are! 🤔🤣
Jaywalker On The Street, Diagonal Sleeper In The Sheets
I Often Fall Prey To The Popular Fallacy Known As Positive Thinking
Instruments Of Defense And Attack
She Drunkenly Approached Me In A Bar, Asked If I Would "Do Her A Rudeness"—and Your Mother And I Have Been Together Ever Since
Dakota Has Recently Proclaimed That She Is A Reincarnated 15th Century Serial Killer, So I'm Canceling All Scheduled Playdates Until Further Notice
High, Wide And Handsome
Coup De Grace As A Philosophy Of Life
The crested caracara is an unusual member of the falcon family in that it eats carrion. The Mexican flag features this type of bird subduing a snake.
I Told Her Not To Worry About Money, That We Would Make It Somehow, But If She Expected Me To Take A Sack Lunch To Work It Was Over, Goddammit
Slow On The Uptake, Quick With The Dick Pics
Willing To At Least Entertain The Idea That Russian Interference Was At Least Partially Responsible For My Failed Marriage
The Boy Detective Who Gave Up Solving Neighborhood Cases To Sit And Play Video Games In A Cloud Of His Own Stink
They Say You Should Never Meet Your Heroes, Yet Here I Am At Half Past Four In The Morning, Holding A Taser And Zip Tie Handcuffs
The 56-Acre No-Kill Sanctuary For Oprah's Ex-Assistants
The Fact That Sometimes Meat Gets Caught In The Gears Of The Grand Machinery Was A Small Consolation
I Assumed Betting On Underground Amish Buggy Races Would Be Harmless Enough, But I Hit A Losing Streak And Now I'm In Deep With The Chinbeards
Mom Dragging Me To Her Topless Maid Appointments Afforded Me A Fascinating Glimpse Into The World Of Mopes And Sh*theels
Fairy Stories And Legendary Tales Told In The Darkest Of Dystopian Nights, On The Shore Of A Rising Sea
Tending The Weeds In A Watery Garden
Hero Was Perhaps Too Strong A Word, But I Had Borne The Brunt Of A Ditchweed Blunt
Absolutely fantastic! Every. Single. One. Damn-such artistic talent combined with a clever mind. Rare, that. Thank you for sharing -amy
Absolutely fantastic! Every. Single. One. Damn-such artistic talent combined with a clever mind. Rare, that. Thank you for sharing -amy
