about the artist

 

 

 

During his teens and into his twenties, Matt experimented with creating unique sound by blending different audio clips, essentially mixing them to create music. His interests then turned to painting with oil, most of Matt's oil work pulls color from the earth, using different color but pulling from the same earth tone. In some of his works Matt incorporates an original method of moving oil around on the canvas using compressed air and a special nozzle. Around the same time, Matt became very interested in nature photography, capturing memorable landscapes and vivid close-ups of many creatures and plants.

Matt graduated from the University of Kansas in 1993 with a degree from the college of Liberal Arts. He moved to Portland Oregon in 1995 and has lived there since. He continues to participate in photography, oil painting and music but his medium of choice is metal. He creates functional art and unique sculpture with an industrial style. Matt uses patinas to "naturally" paint or oxidize the surface of the metal, leaving the real texture and look to the piece. Matt's current work is a mixture of all his creative endeavors, using all of his experiences to create art with an earthy yet industrial feel.