Matt Cowles

Artist Bio

Matthew Cowles is a self taught oil painter who works almost exclusively via palette knife. Upon completion of college Matthew embarked on a decade long stint in corporate America, followed by a few years of teaching within The Springfield Public Schools. Upon the birth of his daughter he became a stay at home father who found time to paint late into the night. This return to art, having previously stopped upon the completion of high school, finds Matthew exploring still life and landscape oil paintings that blur the lines between Impressionism and Abstraction.

Materials and Techniques: n this collection of work I am drawing upon the physicality of nature, specifically flowers and landscape, and to present them in an almost tactile manner. Working with thickly applied oils I scrape, reapply, and layer again to create an image that captures the structures of flowers and landscapes in various settings. Utilizing only a palette knife I create gestures large and small to represent and express how I view a floral still life as well as the land around us.

Instagram : @matthewscowles