Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art

Wendeline S. Matson was born in Texarkana, Texas, in 1976. She started painting as a child and continued on to study art at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She received her BA in Fine Arts in 1999. She has been exhibiting her work for the last nine years and working as a full-time Artist for the past five years. Ms. Matson concentrates on the essence of the still-life subject with a focus on how she perceives the world in front of her both physically and emotionally. She lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she is beginning to gain national recognition for her fabulous paintings.

2005	“Yellow Tablecloth: A Conversation with Light,” Blue Moon Art Gallery, Hot Springs, AR*
2005	Valentines Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2004	New Works by Wendeline S. Matson, Gallery B, Little Rock, AR*
2004	Wendeline S. Matson and Kristy Lewis Andrew, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2004	Annual Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2004	“New Challenges: Still-Life from an Artist’s Perspective,” Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, AR*
2004	Valentines Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2004	Art Lunch Duo, Gallery B, Little Rock, AR
2004	“The Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Annual 5x5 Exhibit,” Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Tulsa, OK
2003	“A Small Works Show,” Arsagas East, Fayetteville, AR*
2003	Annual Small Works Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2003	“The November Show: Works by Wendeline S. Matson,” Gallery B, Little Rock, AR*
2003	Selected Paintings by Wendeline S. Matson, “Art Luncheon,” Gallery B, Little Rock, AR*
2003	“Womens Art Show,” Arsagas East, Fayetteville, AR
2002	Selected Paintings by Wendeline S. Matson, Gallery B, Little Rock, AR*
2002	“New Works by Wendeline S. Matson,” The Fayetteville Town Center, Fayetteville, AR*
2002	“New Works by Wendeline S. Matson,” Fayetteville City Courthouse, Fayetteville, AR*
2002	Group Show, The Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002	“Art by Wendeline Simpson,” Arsagas East, Fayetteville, AR*
2001	Solo Exhibition, Gallery B, Little Rock, AR*
1996	“Summer in Rome,” Anne Kitrell Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1994	Student Show, Texarkana Regional Art Center, Texarkana, TX


Wendeline Matson "I paint everyday. I do studies. I paint walls. My studio is canvas, wood, tools and paint. It is my laboratory. It is a place for me to paint fresh and allow my inspiration to flow. I bring ideas here. Ideas for my paintings evolve from the experiences that I have, colors that inspire me, and the objects that surround me everyday. I take these and put them together as a still life. The still life setting is my outlet. As a still life painter I abstract elements in each painting allowing other qualities to take on a stronger role. I combine these abstracted forms with realistic and expressionistic views of objects, shapes and color. Part of my inspiration is pushing the boundaries of what can be done from a two-dimensional perspective. I need objects to exist figuratively to the extent that they define the space of a setting. I am fascinated with this space and the way that it can hold objects together or pull them apart. It is with color and texture I shape the focus of a painting and frame the essence of a still life setting with the feeling of a place." - Wendeline Matson