We were lucky to catch up with Matthew Fredricey recently and have shared our conversation below.

Matthew , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

All of my paintings are deeply meaningful to me. It’s really impossible to narrow it down to the most meaningful. The entirety of my portfolio documents my artistic, spiritual, and personal evolution. Each painting is a piece of my heart and soul. So much love, thought and intention goes into each painting. My art means so much to me. It is my meditation, and my prayer. It is a form of income. It is how I connect with my intuition, my soul, and how I connect with others. And it is a lot of fun to create! It is my hope that my paintings can have a meaningful impact on others as well.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

I am an artist from Colorado who is dedicated to the transformation of consciousness through the healing power of sacred art. My paintings depict mystical visions that show how we are all connected, that everything is alive, and that Humanity is Divine. ​
I offer original paintings, canvas prints and paper prints. I work mostly in oil paints, but I have used acrylic extensively in the past as well. My work has a very organic feel to it, where the painting often partially creates itself. I just listen to the painting and bring out what it wants to become.

I am most proud of my entire body of work I have created over the past 12 years.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

When it comes to being an artist, I believe that resilience is absolutely necessary. Some paintings may be well received by others, some paintings may not be as well received. It’s important to not give up and to keep consistently creating, even when I may not feel like it. For me, even a 15 minute paint session is beneficial, when I don’t have the time for a longer session. I just keep working at my paintings, little by little. Sometimes progress seems very slow. But when I look back at my work over the years, I realize that these small accomplishments add up to something much greater. I’ve had many moments of doubt, where I think that I may just be wasting my time. But I keep going in the face of doubt. And I keep getting better at my craft and growing as a person.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Creating art is what I love most and will continue to do until the sun grows cold (and beyond). For me, painting is a form of prayer and meditation. The creation of art for me is a spiritual experience where I can stay completely engaged in the present moment. I find myself painting mystical, intuitive and psychedelic visions; art of a sacred or spiritual nature, imbued with symbols, realism, inter-dimensional beings, and nature inspired dream worlds. As an artist, I endeavor to reveal the often overlooked beauty of Creation and our Creator, as well as to share my hopeful vision of an evolving humanity. There is magic in and around us all and this majestic world we all inhabit, and I attempt to help reveal a glimpse of the Spirit that resides in all things. I believe that visual art, as well as music, literature, or any other means of self expression, can and does act as a medium of transforming an inner truth from the invisible to the visible realm. Creating art is my link to the universal creative force which has gifted us with a similar creative impulse. I paint in order that your Soul may come out and rejoice in your existence. I paint in order to share my Soul with the world.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.matthewfredricey.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/matthew.fredricey.art
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