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ABOUT MAT

Mathew Pierce O'Donnell began painting as a boy in Van Buren, Maine where he was born in 1949. Encouraged by his father, who also painted, and inspired by his rural surroundings, Mat continued to paint after his family moved to Bangor when he was thirteen. Following high school, O'Donnell attended The Portland School of Fine and Applied Art and The Boston Fine Arts Museum School before getting his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1977.

A skilled carpenter and musician, as well as a versatile artist, O'Donnell lives in Wiscasset, Maine with his wife Pam. He paints every day that he can.

Mat O'Donnell

ARTIST STATEMENT

Making a painting requires an impetus to know….not necessarily to know truth, but to visually realize ideas that definitely cannot be mentally pictured. Art makes concrete what cannot be achieved by other means.

Through my drawing and painting, I try to portray the different layers of existence that surround me, from the mundane to the cosmic. I believe these levels exist in everything: trees, animals, sunsets, people, etc. Everything around me is full of information and wisdom. Creating and identifying helps me remember and connect with people, places, and things. Making these paintings seems like such a random and chaotic process. The rational part of me often wonders at the pointlessness of it. But in the end, I’m always surprised by how much sense they make and how complete and human I feel because of them.

CONTACT

mathewpierceodonnell@gmail.com

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