I explore creative practice as a way of being, of inquiry into our everyday, and of processing the stuff of our lives. I’m making explorations – on foot, primarily – into the connections between people, places, and the everyday. Creativity is our birthright.
Landscapes
Recent landscapes of inner and outer terrains, inspired by wilderness, Jungian concepts of shadow work, and the process of inner integration.
Experiments
Working with crumpled paper, damaging and manipulating of the paper, determining how I respond to it as a surface for markmaking.
Walking
Drawings rooted in the everyday practice of walking, combining smartphone GPS tracking apps with traditional drawing mediums.
About Matt
I’m a multidisciplinary artist (a fancy way of saying I do lots of things – too many?) based in the Pacific Northwest. My work centers on walking, drawing, and paying close attention — to landscape, to the ordinary, to the threshold between the seen and the felt. In other words, I make art about where I am.
I hold an MFA and have taught studio and lecture courses for over 15 years. I’ve been a teaching artist, mentor, and retreat leader, providing spiritual direction and accompanying people in their own creative and contemplative lives. I serve as the Creative Director at Spiritual Directors International, where I’ve worked since 2018.
Life is full, often challenging, or outright insane. There’s nothing particularly romantic about anything I do – I have a family and work a full-time job, and in the midst of a chaotic world I embrace playful, joyful resistance. I want this for you, too.
Offerings
Spiritual Direction
One-on-one contemplative companionship for people seeking deeper meaning, creative renewal, or a fuller sense of their own interior life.
Art Retreats and Teaching
Workshops and retreat experiences, for artists at any stage who want to go deeper into their practice.
Original work for sale
Paintings, drawings, and works on paper available directly.
Recent Art and Writing
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August 2026 – Roof is done
Re-roofing our house the past six weeks has been a beast of a project. I do not recommend it! There were days where the thought of hauling myself up a ladder one more time made me nauseous. The Youtube algorithm will forever populate my page with roofing videos. But it’s pretty much done and it…
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Attack One Thing Today – Especially If You Don’t Want To Do It
I am not a licensed, bonded, trained professional handyman or contractor. I have never worked in roofing or construction or anything remotely related. But a couple of weeks ago I went to clean the gutters and found several dislodged shingles, I knew it was time. I’ve been sitting on replacing this old roof for a…
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New work, Inner Landscapes, May 2026
Two small Inner Summits, erupting. 8×8″ It’s all I’ve got made in the studio from the past month, which is the way it goes sometimes. Lest you think my little contemplative art projects are meant to reflect some kind of calm inner spaciousness. Actually as depths are explored and accessed, energies light and dark (especially dark)…
A little 3-minute video musing on my recent paintings, Inner Summits: