Lakewood-based painter Matt Christie has contributed to the Colorado art scene as both artist and education for over 40 years. His work combines a dynamic array of nature-based references along with a saturated color palette to produce a body of work both striking and personal.

Christie roots his work in experiences of nature, capturing the profound impact fields, forests, streams, and ponds have had on him since a young age.

In his work, landscape is a form that connects inner nature with outer nature, serving as a metaphor to explore his own psychological nature and development. Opposing themes of death and renewal, threat and safety, loneliness, and relationship are explored via the landscape image.

Christie is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver, CO.