Born in New York and shuffled worldwide by the military, Jason Matias tried to be a “normal” guy, but the creative spirit won the battle for control over his life. Today he is a career artist, author, and educator living in a loft in the woods outside of Seattle
Read MoreMy favorite artworks from 2022
Photographs from Washington to Switzerland; from Iceland to France. Artworks from film and AI, of portraits and the wider world. These are my best works from 2022
Read MoreArtist Shares Scenes of Comfortable Isolation
Now that everybody is isolating for our, and our fellow man's good, I thought I'd share something pretty, something powerful, something comfortable, and something beautiful about isolation.
Read MoreSurprise Birthday Art Delivery
Gavin wanted to surprise his wife, Karen, with Edge of Solace for her birthday. It's a piece of art of mine that she has been wanting for quite a while. We ordered it to be delivered in time for the special day. Then, we made a parking-lot delivery after a wrapping paper run. Her reaction to the piece is priceless.
Read MoreThe Creator's Conflict
It's episode 16 and we're into the interviews from WPPI!
First up we have Jason Matias, a fine art landscape, portrait and "mixed media" artist (even if he doesn't call himself that, that's what I'm saying he is!) and educator living in the Seattle area, Washington.
Read More2019 Best of Bellevue, Artist Category
Each year, the Bellevue Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community.
Read MoreSeattle Artist Gives A Beautiful TEDx Talk
In this inspiring and humorous talk, Jason Matias shares how he went from Airman to Artist and how those transitions have shaped his life. Jason shares his experiences as he photographed beautiful landscapes that, today, are gone and what it means to him to cherish a memory.
Read MoreNew Release - Edge Of Solace
Jason Matias Proudly Presents: Edge Of Solace
Edge of Solace
This scene is as much painting as photograph. It is a scene I’ve longed for but never found and, finally, allowed my creativity to rend reality. Edge of Solace is an idea I’ve carried with me for a long time but I feel that it was Seattle and the Northwest that gave me the inspiration and the building blocks to bring it to life. All the elements in Edge of Solace were captured in Seattle and Mercer Island making it a true work of the Pacific Northwest and a statement about my time here.
As I strive to visualize and create this idea of Comfortable Isolation I find myself drawn to water and what it represents: renewal, neutrality, energy. In psychology, the ego is referred to as a pool of energy. Too often, I visit my ego when it is roiling, dry, or as hard as ice. In my meditations, I imagine myself on the shore of my ego and I will it to be vast. The Edge of Solace is my reminder to self to visit here often, to meditate on my experiences, to check-in with my feelings, and to keep this place vibrant and full.
Edge of Solace is an edition of 50 available starting at 60" (1.5m). See more examples of the work and request a quote at www.jasonmatias.com/edge-of-solace
A long way from your local art festival
This is a long way from a state art festival
I've been to an expo or two in the last six years of my career but enjoying an art show and showing your own work on the big stage were very different experiences. Instead of meeting artists and gallery representatives, I met people from all over the country and world who flew to New York City specifically to purchase art. I had fun conversations with collectors from Miami and challenging conversations with Architects from Bejing.
Not So Nude, Nudes
Over the course of four days, I saw hundreds of people take pictures with "Left Alone." It is a wonderful feeling of validation after spending so much time not believing I could do this sort of work.
Left Alone
Also an aria, of sorts. Left Alone is my favorite saxophone solo. A 1978 piece by Archie Shepp. The model for both of these is the beautiful Angelina Aho.
On exhibit here at the same 6'x4' size as Aria. Both pieces are editions of 15 and start at 36" in height.
One "Left Alone" (the red and white) was collected at the show and another is on it's way to Maimi. Aria is being packed and shipped this weekend forits new home.
Aria
The piece that named the collection as a whole. An ariais a piece of music written for a solo artist, think opera. That powerful performance is how I think of these photographs.
Here was shown a 72x48 edition mounted to acrylic with a recessed frame.
Upcoming events
Next up for the year is Art Expo Santa Fe, July 12-15th. I'll be showing the landscapes. It is still up in the air at the moment, more to come on that later. Later this year I will show both the landscapes and the nudes in San Diego and Miami in October and December.
Beautiful Things That Are Gone #4
The Tree Of Fire was obliterated in a storm this winter.
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