You're Invited to an Art Event at Sotheby's in Madison Park, Seattle

Luxury is an experience, not a price point.

I love that tag-line from Realogics Sotheby's in Seattle. It applies to art as much as it applies to the beautiful homes they find for their clients. On the 22nd we are kicking off a month-long art exhibit in the Park House on 4031 E Madison Street, Seattle. There will be great wine and eats. I will be showing several pieces including the new Avendasora, pictured below, and Nude 1. 

I will be available throughout the month-long exhibit to meet at the Park House and talk about the art. As always, feel free to schedule with me via email or phone 808.321.8643

Join us at The Park House, located at 4031 E Madison Street, on February 22nd from 4-8PM for an art pop-up featuring fine art by Jason Matias! We will be serving small bites and libations and will have a special opportunity to hear Jason speak about his art from 5:30-6PM. 

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Eatings and Greetings - Turkey Day 2017

I have actually been practicing

being thankful. Admittedly, I'm bad at it. Bad at remembering to practice. Poor, even, at recognizing the gifts I have in plentitude. 

I am thankful for... A) that you have opened this email- you're part of a slim 20% that do. & B) That, for a change, I won't be eating spaghetti at home and watching a movie this year. Though, it's been a 'thing' long enough to be considered a tradition by now. 

While I won't be doing any sort of holiday sales this year I do have some things to look forward to for you. 

AVENDASORA - I am in love with this new piece and I will be releasing it in email and social media on the 1st of December. Some of you may have seen previews of her already. She has me in a trance and is certainly this year's masterpiece. 

DECEMBER 4TH, an inauspicious Monday, is about the cut off for ordering a piece for Christmas. After that, I'm not 100% positive that I will be able to get it to you by the big day, especially if you want it framed. 

Buying Art Is a Conversation

It's a conversation between you and the art; between you and your significant other; between you and me. Let's have that chat! Feel free to
A) email me- jason@jasonmatias.com
B) call or text me- 808-321-8643
C) let me take you out for a drink of a coffee
D) find me on Social Media Fb Instagram
       • btw, if I've disappeared from your insta channel it's because I went ahead and grew up and changed my handle from @fotofighter to @realjasonmatias Check out the grid from my insta feed below.

Some new bits on the website:

The Scarlet Tree.  The red just makes my heart sing. You'll find it in the Landscapes Album on www.jasonmatias.com or by clicking here .

The Scarlet Tree. 
The red just makes my heart sing. You'll find it in the Landscapes Album on www.jasonmatias.com or by clicking here.

Brand new SQUARES. These are 12x12, open edition accent pieces that you can mix and arrange any way your heart desires. There are almost 60 of them now. They are organized by Landscape, Clouds, Water, Black and White, and Abstract. You can buy them directly from the SQUARES page. 

#artexponewyork2018 booth 345
This week, in NYC, I’m showing a different side of my work. 📸 I have wanted to shoot nudes for years but, to be honest, I didn’t have the skill nor the vision to create a work that was unique. I used my lack of creative ideas as an excuse to avoid trying. 😶 Somewhere in my mind, behind the scenes, as I learned how painters approached composition, color, and light in my traditional images, the synapses firing in my mind made the connections I needed to put together a piece of art with the nude form. . After that, @adventuresoflina gave me the confidence to try these ideas and commit to the creativity. Thank you so much, my heart. . There’s no greater waste of time than being inspired and doing nothing. I held these ideas in for years. Today I wonder where they could have taken me if ran with them so long ago. 🖼 Tomorrow Aria(red and blue) and Left Alone (red and white) are showing at Art Expo New York in booth 345 with Arte Collective gallery. I’m in town to talk about the works and will be doing a talk at the gallery at 4pm on Friday. . Come visit the largest and oldest art exposition in the country. Get lost with the crowd and the art, find inspiration and fall in love, if you dare.
Headed to the Empire State with @artecollective and @yubalmarquez to show work st @artexponewyork #artexponewyork Wish me much luck! HMU if you’re in town.
One night, after pining over the scores of little things that I could or needed to do to this photograph of A@adventuresoflina for my nude collection, I dreamt of a piece of music titled Left Alone. It is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of music out there. Archie Shepp 1978. I realized that I think of this photograph like a fluid moment of music. In my mind, this photograph moves with an impossible slowness to an undefinable silence between notes in jazz riff. 📸 About the “boxes” You might have noticed that there is a glitch on the right side over the photograph on the ribs. It’s supposed to be there. All the photos in the nude series have this. If you look closer there are several more of these abstractions and in print they are pretty wonderful. 🍻 Captured with Nikon D800 at 36mm with a Sigma 24-70. The camera mounted overhead with a sophisticated combination: a step ladder, tripod, and gaff tape. Shot Tethered using @captureonepro @phaseonephoto . #filipina #model #nude #tattooed #portrait #model #winged #boudoir #sensualskin #body_language #sensual_magnetism #sensual_side #sensual_art#body_language #bestboudoir #ig_sensual#loves_passione
Hi, Jason here. I wanted to take another shot at breaking down what this whole ArtMoney thing is. . It's not so much a "loan" as it is a service. An enabler. There's no interest or fees.
(Well, there IS a fee: 10%, but I pay that on behalf of the sale) . What it does is help us break down the cost of art into bite-sized chunks. . Like, "how do you eat an elephant?"
You wouldn't, of course. But if you were going to, you'd do it one bite at a time. . ArtMoney lets us dish out the elephant in ten servings. The first is made at the time of sale. The rest is divided into nine parts. . Take Tree of Fire, for instance. 50" is a great size for a living room, entryway, or a bedroom wall. 37.5"x50" = $4,685 
or $468 with ArtMoney . Let's say, for round numbers' sake, that you put $500 down for the initial buy. . The remainder would be nine payments of $465. . You could buy it with $1,000, or $2,000, etc. (min 10%, though)
And you want to travel with her you want to travel blind and you know that she can trust you for you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind . Lenard Cohen
I’m installing a 52” “Horizons” later today in a new Bellevue 🏡. It’s much like the one in the last slide but a few inches bigger. This delivery is over a month late, to my great dismay, but fine art takes some time. I demand perfection both in my prints and my framing. This time the framer and Roma dropped the ball on meeting my standards. My clients and collectors understand, though. (They’re both ex-navy fighter pilots flying for Boeing and Delta now. Talk about a power couple) And they’re excited to add these works to they’re collection. I’ll post some stories later tonight with their three pieces finally in their forever home.
I left Sotheby’s with a poignant reminder that I was there.

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