KVAA’s Arts Alliance Workshops are accessible community events that are designed to offer relevant, inspiring information and practical approaches towards creating individual art. Workshops are led by guest artists immersed in their field of study who lead conversation and questions through their shared experience and process.

This workshop is led by: Matt Godsil

Matthew Godsil is an Ohio landscape painter whose work begins with graphite and plein air watercolor studies and evolves into richly textured oil paintings. Inspired by the historic terrain of Ohio and the western coast of Ireland, he explores the dialogue between light, air, water, and earth. For over forty years, he has balanced studio practice with teaching art in Mansfield, Ohio. Godsil describes painting as a prayerful attentiveness — an act of visually taking hold of Creation and sharing that experience with others.

Professional Bio:

Matthew Godsil (b. 1961, Columbus, Ohio) studied at the School of Fine Arts at Bowling Green State University, with additional study at The Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati, and Marygrove College. He has received multiple honors including Best of Show and Artistic Excellence at the Mansfield Art Center May Show and Top Rated Booth at the Black Swamp Arts Festival. His work has been exhibited in numerous regional solo exhibitions and juried festivals including the Lakewood Arts Festival, Black Swamp Arts Festival, and Dublin Irish Festival. He lives and works in North Central Ohio.

This is a free public event.