I’m Matt I live in W.Va. and am a full time artist and illustrator. My website is mattsmithmakes dot comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lmshkbhfkk2jI painted these #onions I grew myself on a canvas I made myself! 😤AI could never14 Apr 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmshkbhfkk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lkm4z5akhk27I drew this in 2021 and found it again recently. Thinking of taking a couple of these guys and doing a full painting of them 🤔 what kind of shenanigans you think they’d get up to? #illustration #painting #smallartist17 Mar 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkm4z5akhk27https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3ljqhkk7x5s2lare any artists actively putting "Anti AI" statements up on their site? I'm thinking of doing it, but then I've heard that you're a lot less likely to get booked freelance because they are actually *seeking* that """skill"""06 Mar 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqhkk7x5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3likvgmqjhc2bI remember eating radishes right after we picked em standing in the hot sun. I love painting! I will never stop 😈 #vegetables #painting #artprocess #oilpainting #foodart #kitchendecor19 Feb 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3likvgmqjhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lifkguhct225"Washed Radishes" 8x8" Oil on canvas 一 I hope y'all enjoy this picture of some radishes my dad grew last year! Growing up I never liked them, but in the last few years l've really come around on em! #foodart #painting #homedecor #kitchen #kitchendecor17 Feb 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifkguhct225https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3li5dhts2gk27I laughed when I bought my dad a wooden Bluetooth speaker that looked like an old radio and now look at me (i unfortunately do, in fact, want this)14 Feb 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5dhts2gk27https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3li5bwvawls27Took a sub job at a high school without realizing it was A. Valentine’s Day and B. Band. God help me these14 Feb 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5bwvawls27https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lhz2d3vedc2tSliced Banana Peppers- oil on canvas #painting #vegetables #peppers #foodart12 Feb 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz2d3vedc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lhugdnl6q223Sliced Banana Peppers 8x8” Oil on Canvas 2025 #painting #art #vegetables #foodart #foodporn11 Feb 2025 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhugdnl6q223https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lhhcqxgrss2bA highly experimental painting I did last year where I took various sketches from my sketchbook and knit them together into a single canvas. In the end, like usual for me, it ended up being more of a sum of its separate parts. It’s 24x24 inches and all in acrylic #painting #art #contemporaryart05 Feb 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhcqxgrss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lhest5c6ws2pThis is lil Smokey. One cat of four. He’s terribly fluffy, extremely affectionate and has a comedically high voice #cats04 Feb 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhest5c6ws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lhc6gdw5y22oTrying to get my #art uploaded everywhere! This one’s called The Bravest Chipmunk and it’s about a little chipmunk that lives in the zoo and makes dangerous journeys into the predator cages for magical items! It’s painted in #gouache #fantasyart #illustration03 Feb 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhc6gdw5y22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lgl4zx5ais27“Sweet Millions”, My first large acrylic painting I made at the end of 2023!25 Jan 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgl4zx5ais27https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lfxsspgp422cThis little digital painting was done deep in 2021 lockdown in our little 1 bedroom Baltimore apartment. Felt like the damn walls were closing in and I kept fantasizing about a magic staff that would let me open a magic door to literally anywhere else. #digitalpainting #illustration17 Jan 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxsspgp422chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lf6u2dfcyk25I haven’t uploaded much here so let’s change that! I painted this little bear in their wood shop just making a piece of furniture- something I enjoy doing a lot too! Ironically I painted this before we got a foot of snow here in WV! #wvart #appalachianart #appalachia07 Jan 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6u2dfcyk25https://bsky.app/profile/mattsmithmakes.bsky.social/post/3lba6ykh72k2dPainting and the reference • I painted this at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling during Oglebayfest this past October. Absolutely beautiful up there! #pleinair #painting #wv18 Nov 2024 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:de56y2hffxm56dn6iv3bbdsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lba6ykh72k2d