Artist Bio

Robyn Mattis resides in Woodinville Washington among the beautiful fir

trees with her husband and her British Cream Golden Retriever. She has

always loved art and art history. Art Museums are places of wonder and

magic for her. While raising her children, she attended many art classes

at Gage Academy. When the empty nest phase began, she decided to

dive into her art journey by joining an Atelier Program at Gage. Then

the pandemic started and she moved in a new direction and began to

seriously study portraiture and still life. She has been studying at the

New York Academy of Art on-line to learn the oil painting techniques of

the Dutch and Renaissance masters.

Artist Statement

“Art is something which, although produced by human hands, is not

created by these hands alone, but something which wells up from a

deeper source in our souls.”

- Vincent Van Gogh

Spiritual images have served as signs and symbols pointing to another

reality and to a state of higher consciousness. In my art practice, I paint

portraits that express the soul nature of a person behind the physical

appearance. My still life paintings manifest the longing for our own

divine nature through symbolic imagery. These images are from Eastern

and Western traditions and are spiritual but not religious. I believe that

Art objects can uplift and heal us along with showing us the beauty of

our humanity.