Artist Statement I believe that I can reach the soul of viewers when they gaze upon my paintings. And what do I do with this connection? I use it as an opportunity to share what’s in my heart. I feel the rich emotions and use colors as a carrier to send them to the viewer. I firmly believe that the vibrations of color and music literally interact with a person’s feelings and thoughts…the essence of who they are. Since I am a composer and musician, I treat colors as the tones of our musical scale. I mix and match, playing with the colors and tones until the painting is filled with the harmony of color and tonality. As for my subject matter, I paint what I love, places I’ve been, and of feelings that I have. Who I am speaks through the paintings. I feel alive when my passion sings in loving colors. My wish is for the colors in my paintings to soothe the viewer, build hope, or rekindle a moment of reflection. Even if I have expressed sorrow or despair, I believe that when people feel their passion, even dark ones, that they loosen these heavy feelings from their being, enabling them to be released. When I make these connections with viewers and share my passions with them, my life gains value.

Ms. Mattson has been showing her award winning paintings in galleries in the United States for over fifteen years, displaying an evoking and fluid gallery of emotions, oil paintings and prints. Her artwork is also featured at numerous cyber galleries, including her own sound and healing gallery at www.jillswingsoflight.com. Jill paintings encompass portraits, emotional and evoking landscapes, vibrant and, yet, stilling abstracts and a gallery of fantasy art. The common theme in these large work of arts is the astonishing use of color in unexpected ways, surprising and dazzling. Ms. Mattson’s artwork graces many books, albums, calendars and advertisements, with rich and sonorous colors.