A Line Amongst Other Lines

About Matt

I’m a multidisciplinary artist deeply connected to the practice of walking and exploring landscapes. My art and writing are inspired by the experiences and reflections that arise from these drawings of the present moment. Scroll down this page to view some examples.

Learn More

Recent Art and Writing

• 
  A Day Backpacking in the Grand Canyon – Video Mini-Documentary – March 2025
  A fun day-long dialogue around a day backpacking in the Grand Canyon.
• 
  Podcast – A conversation on art as spiritual practice
  I had a lovely conversation on art as spiritual practice with Christine and Chris, who run a podcast called The Contemplative Life. We discussed the interests… Read More »Podcast – A conversation on art as spiritual practice
• 
  New Painting: Darwin Basin, Sierras
  Something I wrote one evening while backpacking in the Sierras last summer: A field of sheer granite with rivulets, falling into the King’s Canyon itself thousands… Read More »New Painting: Darwin Basin, Sierras

Click on any of the images below for larger versions, and use the ‘Projects’ link at the top of the page to explore all my various art experiments.

Darkness Has Not Overcome, graphite on paper, 45” x 60” 2020-2025.Darkness Has Not Overcome, graphite on paper, 45” x 60” 2020-2025.

Metamorphosis. Oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″, 2024

Encroachment, pastel and graphite on paper, 36″ x 52″, 2025Encroachment, pastel and graphite on paper, 36" x 52", 2025

Darwin Basin, Kings Canyon National Park, oil on canvas, 2025

Gelkie Peak, Grand Canyon. oil on canvas, 20″ x 28″, 2024

Mt Rainier 2024 copyContemplating Tahoma, oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2024

Sunset/Fire, Camanche Point from Tanner Rapids, Grand Canyon, oil on canvas, 22″ x 28″, 2024Sunset/Fire, Camanche Point from Tanner Rapids, Grand Canyon, oil on canvas, 22" x 28", 2024

Walk through Capitol Hill, watercolor, 22″ x 28″Walk through Capitol Hill, watercolor, 22" x 28"

Walk through Ballard, watercolor, 22″ x 28″Walk through Ballard, watercolor, 22" x 28"

That Which Is | graphite on paper | 60″ x 115″ | 2019That Which Is, graphite on paper, 2018, 60" x 115"

IncarnatedIncarnated | acrylic and ink on paper | 141" x 60" | 2019

It’s Right HereIt's Right Here | ink on paper | approx. 35" x 24" | 2019

Its Right Here (detail)

blog2019-5Glass Half (walks in north Seattle), colored pencil on paper, 60" x 105", 2015.

Clairvoyance (walked through Greenwood, Seattle), 2011, 75″ x 60″, graphite and pastel on paperClairvoyance (walked through Greenwood, Seattle), 2011, 75" x 60", graphite and pastel on paper

chaos monde | watercolor and graphite on paperchaos monde | watercolor and graphite on paper | 36" x 25" | 2019

sphere of sovereignty | graphite and charcoal on papercan't throw it away | graphite on paper | 36" x 25" | 2019

Cacophonies of Rhythm | pastel and graphite on paper | 95″ x 60″ | 2019 (Commission)A large commissioned map drawing for an apartment building in South Lake Union, Seattle.

Map walking drawing artwork of Seattle, Movement in Kind, pastel on paper, 36″ x 60″, 2015Map walking drawing artwork of Seattle, Movement in Kind, pastel on paper, 36" x 60", 2015

Who Among Us Is Invisible, watercolor, 22″ x 28″, 2018Who Among Us Is Invisible, watercolor, 22" x 28", 2018 collection of The City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

200000.jpg200,000 (TPS refugees being sent out of the country), watercolor, 22" x 28", 2018 collection of The City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

Movement, Place, Connectivity and Receptivity, Graphite, pastel, and conte on paper  |  approx. 60″ H x 84″ W  |  private commissionGraphite, pastel, and conte on paper  |  approx. 60" H x 84" W  |  private commission

Constructing a Segregated City, collage on paper, 22″ x 30″, 2017. Map of Seattle with text referencing racist language from neighborhood covenants, which can be found in many city property deeds. Text derived from research by Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/Constructing a Segregated City, collage on paper, 22" x 30", 2017. Map of Seattle with text referencing racist language from neighborhood covenants, which can be found in many city property deeds. Text derived from research by Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/

Walking the Warzone of an American CityWalking the Warzone of an American city, gouache and ink on paper, 22" x 30", 2017, collection of The City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture