THE ARTIST

I’m Matthew D. Tripp, a digital artist and photographer currently based in the southeastern United States. My creative path has been anything but ordinary. From Windsor, Ontario, where I was born, to countless cities across the U.S., and eventually to the far corners of the world, I’ve carried every place, every encounter, every light-filled moment into my work.

My latest collection, Painting with Light, is the result of years spent exploring how form, color, and energy move through both the body and the imagination. These images live somewhere between the abstract and the deeply human. They don’t tell stories in the traditional sense, they invite you to feel, to project, to pause and find your own reflection in the color and motion.

As a young adult, I studied at Pratt Institute in New York City, then spent two years photographing human interest stories for Manja magazine, based in Singapore. Eighteen years in New York followed, where I worked as a photographer, videographer, video editor, special events producer, and assistant art director. Each chapter sharpened a different skill, but what never changed was my obsession with light and the emotional impact of visual storytelling.

With Painting with Light, I’ve pushed my process further. Each piece is printed using a Chromaluxe High-Definition Metal Dye Sublimation technique, directly onto aluminum. For collectors who prefer a traditional fine art presentation, I also offer printing on high-quality rag paper using the Giclée process, which delivers exceptional color accuracy and archival longevity. The result is luminous, sleek, and remarkably vivid, meant to evoke curiosity and contemplation.

My hope is that these works don’t just hang on walls, they activate something in you. Something unspoken. Something you've maybe only felt in flashes of memory, or in dreams. I don’t want to explain the work too much, I want to leave room for you to discover your own meaning in it.