Matthew Campbell

Greetings Fellow Artists and Art lovers, Welcome to my big little world! I am the very embodiment of the classic traditional grassroots self taught artist. Although i have taken a couple of college level art classes years before most of my adult life has been spent learning from experience how to survive utilizing the God given gift of inspiration and how to capture it on canvas. I don’t have any impressive degrees or awards. I’ve never retired, become bored, took on painting and called myself an artist, and I haven’t been lucky enough to marry into money. Any " true " artist knows that to choose this path means asking for pain, confusion, doubt, and utter uncertainty. If my motives are misguided I may easily succumb to question why I should continue to carry on . I’ve been there. My motives are simple now. They are to continue to paint because of a deep obligation to the Almighty Creator to share the gift he gave me with the world. To hopefully manage to know how it feels to live in relative comfort and contentment as a result of knowing I’ve created a legacy that my children can be proud of. There aren’t many career choices that can be as bitter sweet as that of an artist. I prefer to remind myself of the sweet part as often as I can. I’ve been fortunate to have sold my work to wonderful patrons from around the world. Over the years I placed myself in locations that inspired me and it so happens some of these places inspire people from all over the globe as well. Places like Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Antigua, St Martin, St Lucia, Barbados, Aruba, Venezuela, Florida Keys, Charleston SC and many other lowcountry towns and east coast beaches.Most of my subject matter is anything tropical, coastal and nautical. My seascapes and landscapes are done in acrylic, portraits in pencil and pets and animals in oil pastel. If you’re interested in supporting a " Real Living Artist " then you’ve found one. Peace, Love and Happiness. Matty