Hello!

I’m Matty.

ARTIST, EDUCATOR, SEEKER OF WONDER.

I grew up traveling between the hills of New York and the deserts of New Mexico. Living in Colorado for the past twenty years, I’m continually fascinated by the open skies and resilient flora of the Southwest.

I was born in the back of my family's Volvo station wagon, to the dismay of my 3 older brothers who were present at the event. Having spent most of my young life under my mom's studio table, it was inevitable that I become an artist.

Along the way I've had many other adventures, including:

Studying to be a clown
Trekking a pilgrimage across Spain
Living in a cave while spending my days riding wild horses in Turkey

For the past 10 years I have worked as an artist and teacher in Colorado. I love learning about the world while I create my art.

An artist with curly brown hair, wearing a beige button-up shirt and white pants, smiling in an art studio with butterfly and nature artwork on the walls.

Craft materials on a wooden table, including a spool of beige string, a pair of vintage silver scissors, folded holiday-themed cards with illustrations of an owl, a dress, and a birthday cake, and a ball of beige paper ribbon.

My passion is using art to make the world a more beautiful, authentic, and hopeful place.

An artist in a beige dress stands in a golden field holding a basket, with trees and mountains in the background on a sunny day in Colorado meadows and plains.

The Inspiration

My work is characterized by beautiful color palettes, symbolic subject matter, and a reverence for the natural world.I often use nature as a source of inspiration, drawing on my personal experiences adventuring to discover my imagery.

My art is deeply influenced by the quiet majesty of southwestern landscapes and the transformative power of solitude.

Close-up of an ancient, weathered stone wall with numerous small holes and one larger holes, with a small dry plant growing at the base.

Scenic landscape of a river flowing through a lush green valley with mountains and a cloudy sky in the background.

Human-nature interactions

Wide open spaces

Dried yellow flowers or plant in a dry, desert-like landscape with hills and sparse vegetation.

Overlooked beauty

An artist arranging small watercolor paint samples on a white table, with a watercolor palette and mixing bowl nearby. Acryla gouache paint samples to explore color palettes

Process

My creative process often starts with an adventure. Spending time in nature, feeling small amidst towering peaks and pristine lakes, or witnessing a fleeting encounter with wildlife, replenishes my creative bucket. Being out in the world stirs my imagination, which, in combination with daydreaming, sets the stage for a visual metaphorical language that comes out in my paintings.

I am deeply moved by color, so many of my pieces come together intuitively while working with a limited color palette. I cherish each moment in my studio. As a sensitive and sometimes overstimulated person, quiet time in my studio balances and restores me, and helps me process what is happening in the world.