Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique, Unframed. Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as well as reducing and minimizing the painted surface. Langley's artistic background relate to a wide variety of interests. He is well versed in Color Field painting - in particular, work by Morris Louis, Sam Gilliam, and Gene Davis, as well as the abstraction from Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, Callum Innes among others.