Recent Press

Get Lost! Victims and Victors of the Art Fair Grid by David Cohen for Artcritical, December 2, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Stand-out exhibits at Aqua included . . .the funky abstractionist stable at Conrad Wilde allery of Tucson, amongst them the sensual encaustic monochromes of Joanne Mattera . . ."


Artists who write write for a purpose by George Hofmann for Artcritical, August 31, 2011

This article launches a new column, Bookmarked, in which artists, critics, collectors and other guests are invited to share and comment on their favorite blogs and art-related sites



Keeping It Simple  by Jaci Conroy for the Boston Globe Magazine, November 13, 2011

My four paintings are in a Cambridge apartment featured in the Style Section.





Two Recent Covers






Left: Provincetown Magazine, June 2-8, during the Fifth International Encaustic Conference; Uttar 295, encaustic on panel, 36 x 36 inches
Right:  The Art of Reading Italian Americana by Fred Gardaphé, Joss 59, gouache on paper



Artists in Conversation: Joanne Mattera's "Journey of Visual Pleasure by Liz Hager for Venetian Red

In Venetian Red, a San-Francisco-based cultural blog,  Liz Hager and I talked about my Silk Road series, about color, wax, and my cultural connection to textiles.




The Questionnaire, Art in the Studio blog, October 2010

Artist Nancy Natale did a Q&A with me. I got a chance to talk about things I normally don't. There's a great picture of Napoli, my favorite city, and one of me playing congas.




Battenfield, a painter, is the author of The Artists Guide: Making A Living Doing What You LoveHere's a PDF version of our talk, some of which went into the book.