Matt Denison

I build art. I use conventional and unconventional raw materials to add texture, depth, smoothness and detailing to cover a blank canvas.

From there, I grab a random color of paint and start applying it to the canvas. Taking a step back, I'll look at the canvas and examine what's taking form.

Based on what I see forming, I then develop that image until the character or object emerges, and then continue to make edits until I feel it's complete.

Nothing is off limits during the development process. Sometime I add resin and spray paint. Sometimes I apply modeling paste with brushes or palette knives or fingers.

These paintings have a life of their own. Because no rules are set, the painting evolves with age due to the technique and materials used. And no painting is complete either, until sold.

I constantly act on impulsive ideas in the spur of the moment and will change a painting entirely or only slightly, depending on the idea. Some I never touch a second time.

Self-taught artist

Flying Horse at the Magnolia Hotel, Dallas, TX, 2017
Conception Art Show, Dallas, TX, April 2018
The Lorenzo Hotel, Dallas Texas March 2019
Aloft Hotel Dallas, Summer 2019