John Mattos (update)

John Mattos is an award winning illustrator with an impressive client list, based in California, who I first featured back in 2008.He works in a beautiful Art Deco influenced style that takes advantage of the crispness and smooth areas of gradients made possible by vector art. His striking compositional sensibility has produced a number of famous and influential posters, and his work is featured in the collections of museums and of influential figures in film, technology and other sectors. I particularly enjoy his often subtle value relationships, that make his work both bold and refined simultaneously. I came across Mattos on the website of his artist’s representative, Richard Solomon, and this is the best display for his work. Unfortunately, on his own website the images are small and displayed in somewhat awkward horizontal slide shows. He does, however, have a poster section in his online store.