Welcome to these pages of images and ideas. I hope you will enjoy the images and learn from the links. Of course these art works are for sale. I try to keep my prices low. I basically am most interested in exploring ideas and feelings, not making money. If I wanted money I'd get a paiying job. The vast majority of artists and musicians don't make enough just on there craft to live on. So, if that's the case, why not paint what I feel moved towards, keep the prices low to cover the expenses and clear the walls of my house and studio.If you have any questions, ideas or just ruminations, please email me at hmathis@sprintmail.com. Also, I will be happy to email a price list. Enjoy. Contact me at: Howard Mathis, 604 NE 71st Street, Gladstone, MO 64118

"Fellows of the Willard Gallery" Acylic/mixed media on panel 36"x36" $250;00 01/2006

As can be seen from my use of various styles, I am ecletic in temperament. Some ideas are expressed best abstractly, some realistically. My background in math has greatly influenced the hardedge work and my love of jazz and blues influences everything. Until 2 years ago I didn't know where the techniques came from, then I started getting videos from libraries on art and I found an affinity, that I had previously scoffed at, with the New York abstractionists of the 1940's thru 1960's. In graduate school, I basically took individual instruction courses, which meant I painted and sold to my teachers. Rather than having to haul all my supplies to the class, then back to my studio, I just painted and took the work in at the end of the month. It seemed to work for all concerned

Artists of all persuations, if they are open, are influenced by everything they see, hear and feel. Some of my favorites are MWF Turner, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, the Russian Suprematists, Kandinsky, Braque, Pollock, DeKooning, Roscenburg, and others.

Michael Kidder Website	National Gallery	Hubble Telescope

Drumming at the Edge of Magic Mixed media/canvas 22 1/2"x18" $250.00 02/2006 Jazz, blues, art and math. These fit together like "peas and carrots".	Bacheloe Five 1964 Acrylic/canvas 18"x24" $150.00 My philosophical influences range, in part, from H.D. Thoreau, Joseph Campbell's writings on mythology, Dr. Max Luschers personality color theory, Carl Jung's theories of archetypes and synchronicity, Lao Tzu's writings in the "Tao Te Ching", to blues and jazz music. One of Joseph Campbell's ideas was "...you can follow the money, and you may get it, or you can follow your bliss and you may make money". You can buy what you want, except for happiness. From a 1964 photo of a south Arkansas band I was in. I'm on the drums, still.	Sugar in a Bowl Acrylic and Mixed Media 30"x20" $300.00 This picture doesn't do her justice.
"Esa and Willard " Oil/canvas 18"x24" $300.00 My Dad and Mom from a photo taken May 1941, one month before they were married. Taken in Hot Springs Arkansas.	Vertical Composition Acrylic/canvas 24"x48" $200.00 In painting, I incorporate musical qualities such as main themes, secondary themes, and counter themes, or harmonies.	Fall in the Arkansas Delta Acrylic on canvas 24"x30" $200.00 07/2005 Raised in the S.E. Arkansas Mississippi delta, the main visual impact was flat land. Rows of crops disapearing to a very small tree line. Mostly, it was vast areas of sky.
"Springs Sweet Memories" Acylic/mixed media on panel 30"x40" Collection of State Street Investment This painting was inspired by a late afternoon sunset on a wall in my house.	"Cream Composition #2" Acrylic on canvas 24"x36" 02/2003 Collection of Dr. Lynn Crawford "Cream Composition *2" Acrylic/canvas 36"x36" $150.00. I love doing design problems, much like Kandinsky, and hoping they keep the eye moving and the interest up.	"I observed the Eskimo Nebula from a rockingchair" Acrylic/mixed media on panel 24"x36" $200.00 08/2005 I observed the Eskimo Nebula from a rocking chair. Acrylic, Mixed Media on panel. 24"x36" $200.00. The definition of nedula is a gasses cloud; a liquid mixture for spraying. I employ the airbrush in my work.
Tatlin's Tower Acrylic/canvas 24"x48" $200.00 Vladimir Tatlin was one of the members of the "Constructivist" movement of the early 1910's thru 1920's. He designed a mamoth building for the central govenment offices. 300 feet taller than the Effiel Tower. It contained 3 levels that rotated in accordance with the part of the govenment and when each met. It wasn't built, partly because there wasn't enough iron in Russia to build it.	"Fast Weather Changes, Delta" Acrylic/mixed media on canvas 16"x20" 2001 $150.00 "Fast Weather Changes-Delta Series" 16"x20" Acrylic/mixed media/panel $150.00. Part of a 2001 series on memories of the Mississippi river delta landscapes. In that flat land landscape is 90% weather.	Future of 18th and Vine, KC, MO Acylic on Canvas 40"x43" $400.00 18th and Vine in Kansas City, Mo is part of the historic jazz district. Recently, due to efforts of civic leaders, this area has enjoyed a resergence. The area also includes the Negro Baseball Hall of Fame and the Gem Theatre. The area is very active with jazz presentations.
"The Majestic" Acrylic on canvas 20"x30" 07/2003 Sold State Street Investments "The Majestic"Acrylic/canvas 20"x30". An 1800's building, great steaks and jazz @ 10th & Broadway KC,MO. Painting in the collection of State Street Investment, KC, Mo.	"The Coolerator" Acrylic/mixed media on panel 22 1/2"x18" $250.00 01/2006 In the late 1970's, I and 2 other folks went in together to turn an art deco movie theatre into a cabaret with bands, ballet, fencing, square dancing and other activities. A separate movie theatre and an art gallery. The was our refrigerator on opening night, with guest.	"V838 Monocerotis Nubla" Acrylic/mixed media on panel 27"x33" $250.00 This nedula was captured in the course of a couple of months exploding forcing a ring of clouds outword.

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