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Represented artist

Matt Smith

Selected work

Available paintings

A Gentle Surf by Matt Smith, Oil A Gentle Surf8 x 16 Autumn Reflections by Matt Smith, Oil Autumn Reflections10 x 12 Colors of Asilomar by Matt Smith, Oil Colors of Asilomar9 x 12 Golden Hour Over The Gold Fields by Matt Smith, Oil on Panel Golden Hour Over The Gold Fields16 x 22 Horse Mesa Country by Matt Smith, Oil on Panel Horse Mesa Country22 x 28 Lifting Fog by Matt Smith, Oil Lifting Fog14 x 18 Mid Morning at the Cliffs by Matt Smith, Oil Mid Morning at the Cliffs12 x 16 Point of Impact by Matt Smith, Oil Point of Impact8 x 10 Ranchland by Matt Smith, Oil Ranchland10 x 14 Sea Mist by Matt Smith, Oil Sea Mist12 x 16 Windy Day at Whale’s Head Point by Matt Smith, Oil Windy Day at Whale’s Head Point9 x 12

About the artist

Matt’s Biography

Matt Smith was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1960. At an early age he moved to Arizona. He later moved to Europe, where he lived two years in France and one in Switzerland.

Matt has lived most of his life in Arizona, where he has a deep attachment and respect for the Sonoran Desert. Matt graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. He spent a vast amount of time studying the traditional styles of such landscape masters as Maynard Dixon, William Herbert Dunton, and Edgar Payne.

Most of the time, Matt can be found painting en plein air from southern Arizona to the Canadian Rockies. He also paints the California coast to the mountains of Colorado.

"I appreciate traditional landscape painting, and I am inspired by the pristine landscapes of the American West. I enjoy working in areas where one can travel for miles without seeing the influence of man. When I paint, I feel I've hit the mark when I've captured a balance between mood, look, and feel. You know you've succeeded when viewers sense the desert heat or the chill of a mountain snowfall."