Matt Flint
Matt Flint
He is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating “art” and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River Mountains that overlook his house and studio.
Living in Wyoming has had a profound effect on his work.
The space, sense of isolation, and wildness of the land continues to amaze, mystify, and inspire him. When he is not painting, he spends time mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowboarding.
Matt's work
~ permanent collections of the State of Wyoming
~ Nicolaysen Museum of Art
~ Featured “artist to watch” Western Art & Architecture magazine
~ Featured "artist to watch" South West Art magazine
Artists Statement
"My paintings are about the rhythmic cycles of the natural world. Ideas of memory, fragility, and interconnectedness traverse my work. The imagery I use consists of glyphs, plants, animals, and figures that inhabit an atmospheric abstracted "landscape" often divided by simple geometric shapes.
Earthy colors, repeated patterns, and marks intermingle with hidden images to form layers of meaning. Rich textures, worked surfaces, and subtle light qualities come from intuitively working and reworking the surface. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the piece, forming a road map of the creative process."
- Matt Flint 2011
He is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating “art” and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River Mountains that overlook his house and studio.
Living in Wyoming has had a profound effect on his work.
The space, sense of isolation, and wildness of the land continues to amaze, mystify, and inspire him. When he is not painting, he spends time mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowboarding.
Matt's work
~ permanent collections of the State of Wyoming
~ Nicolaysen Museum of Art
~ Featured “artist to watch” Western Art & Architecture magazine
~ Featured "artist to watch" South West Art magazine
Artists Statement
"My paintings are about the rhythmic cycles of the natural world. Ideas of memory, fragility, and interconnectedness traverse my work. The imagery I use consists of glyphs, plants, animals, and figures that inhabit an atmospheric abstracted "landscape" often divided by simple geometric shapes.
Earthy colors, repeated patterns, and marks intermingle with hidden images to form layers of meaning. Rich textures, worked surfaces, and subtle light qualities come from intuitively working and reworking the surface. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the piece, forming a road map of the creative process."
- Matt Flint 2011
