Matt Southworth is an American artist based in Austin, Texas who has spent the past several years developing his new signature style of digital painting. Matt draws much of his influence from the time he has spent in and around Austin and has found the creative community to be extremely supportive and receptive to his work. He is an art teacher at Art Plus Academy teaching both kids and adults and has started to  incorporate digital painting into his curriculum.

Artist Statement:

“I center my process around a sense of place that is more representative of a mind state or feeling than a physical reality and light and color are at the forefront of my decision making process. I think a lot about overlapping frames  and spaces, filters and surfaces that make up snapshots of a mind that is navigating both physical and non physical spaces. I want there to be a sense of calm always playing with shifting planes and color. For me this represents a new nature of the mind, one that is having to digest a constant barrage of information and form it into a kind of setting to navigate. My hope is that my paintings feel familiar but anchored in an unsettled reality. A mental array of frames and filters, pieces that we gather from our screens in our pockets and homes just as much if not more than nature and what’s around us.”