Matt Foley
@seemattfoley.bsky.social
A fat bureaucrat once asked, "do you make a living doing art?"
"As good of one as did Van Gogh, Gauguin, or Modigliani," replied I.
Matt Foley, (MAFO) : Visualator; mysterious maker of sensory variegations; an alchemical distillery of artistic extremes.
"As good of one as did Van Gogh, Gauguin, or Modigliani," replied I.
Matt Foley, (MAFO) : Visualator; mysterious maker of sensory variegations; an alchemical distillery of artistic extremes.
"Complex" refers to something that is made up of many interconnected parts, making it a challenge to analyze or understand.
It may also describe a psychological condition involving anxiety or preoccupation with a particular issue.
This is thoughtfully complex, but in what capacity?
#MattFoley #art
It may also describe a psychological condition involving anxiety or preoccupation with a particular issue.
This is thoughtfully complex, but in what capacity?
#MattFoley #art
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"Complex" refers to something that is made up of many interconnected parts, making it a challenge to analyze or understand.
It may also describe a psychological condition involving anxiety or preoccupation with a particular issue.
This is thoughtfully complex, but in what capacity?
#MattFoley #art
It may also describe a psychological condition involving anxiety or preoccupation with a particular issue.
This is thoughtfully complex, but in what capacity?
#MattFoley #art
Happy #Halloween!
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Happy #Halloween!
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
#Art confounds many of limited perception.
― Søren Kierkegaard
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
#Art confounds many of limited perception.
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
#Art confounds many of limited perception.
― Søren Kierkegaard
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
#Art confounds many of limited perception.
Everyone knows the internet was made for posting #cat pictures.
It seems furry felines have been a staple for such a long time.
Even days are dedicated to the custom.
Well, now I am posting one.
This is a watercolor I did when I was around 7 years old.
Thanks, mom, for saving it.
#MattFoley #artist
It seems furry felines have been a staple for such a long time.
Even days are dedicated to the custom.
Well, now I am posting one.
This is a watercolor I did when I was around 7 years old.
Thanks, mom, for saving it.
#MattFoley #artist
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Everyone knows the internet was made for posting #cat pictures.
It seems furry felines have been a staple for such a long time.
Even days are dedicated to the custom.
Well, now I am posting one.
This is a watercolor I did when I was around 7 years old.
Thanks, mom, for saving it.
#MattFoley #artist
It seems furry felines have been a staple for such a long time.
Even days are dedicated to the custom.
Well, now I am posting one.
This is a watercolor I did when I was around 7 years old.
Thanks, mom, for saving it.
#MattFoley #artist
Art plays a profound role in human life, serving as a mirror to human experiences, a catalyst for intellectual growth, and a bridge between individuals and societies.
It's not just decoration or entertainment—it's essential for emotional, mental, and broader cultural development.
Art's our suchness.
It's not just decoration or entertainment—it's essential for emotional, mental, and broader cultural development.
Art's our suchness.
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Art plays a profound role in human life, serving as a mirror to human experiences, a catalyst for intellectual growth, and a bridge between individuals and societies.
It's not just decoration or entertainment—it's essential for emotional, mental, and broader cultural development.
Art's our suchness.
It's not just decoration or entertainment—it's essential for emotional, mental, and broader cultural development.
Art's our suchness.
The old vaquero had found a cool cave and set up his kind of housekeeping. The sum of a man's life, plus knife and rifle, bedroll and bowl, odds and ends.
Was he poor?
Not in his estimation.
He had his freedom, one of the finest treasures of all.
"Southwest Sombrero" - mixed media
― Matt Foley
#art
Was he poor?
Not in his estimation.
He had his freedom, one of the finest treasures of all.
"Southwest Sombrero" - mixed media
― Matt Foley
#art
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The old vaquero had found a cool cave and set up his kind of housekeeping. The sum of a man's life, plus knife and rifle, bedroll and bowl, odds and ends.
Was he poor?
Not in his estimation.
He had his freedom, one of the finest treasures of all.
"Southwest Sombrero" - mixed media
― Matt Foley
#art
Was he poor?
Not in his estimation.
He had his freedom, one of the finest treasures of all.
"Southwest Sombrero" - mixed media
― Matt Foley
#art
#Art receptions are one of the few opportunities for humans to indulge in a sense of sophistication and glamour.
Dress fine. Sip a bit of wine. Nibble some cheese.
A time to look your best and be your smartest.
Few other events rival one.
Unlike most all else usually free to attend, too.
#MattFoley
Dress fine. Sip a bit of wine. Nibble some cheese.
A time to look your best and be your smartest.
Few other events rival one.
Unlike most all else usually free to attend, too.
#MattFoley
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#Art receptions are one of the few opportunities for humans to indulge in a sense of sophistication and glamour.
Dress fine. Sip a bit of wine. Nibble some cheese.
A time to look your best and be your smartest.
Few other events rival one.
Unlike most all else usually free to attend, too.
#MattFoley
Dress fine. Sip a bit of wine. Nibble some cheese.
A time to look your best and be your smartest.
Few other events rival one.
Unlike most all else usually free to attend, too.
#MattFoley
The first "moving pictures" were created by cave dwellers - long before cameras were invented.
They painted on the walls, deep in darkened holes, and those images appeared to move in the flickering firelight.
It must have been a very mystical experience when those pictures seemed to come alive.
#art
They painted on the walls, deep in darkened holes, and those images appeared to move in the flickering firelight.
It must have been a very mystical experience when those pictures seemed to come alive.
#art
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The first "moving pictures" were created by cave dwellers - long before cameras were invented.
They painted on the walls, deep in darkened holes, and those images appeared to move in the flickering firelight.
It must have been a very mystical experience when those pictures seemed to come alive.
#art
They painted on the walls, deep in darkened holes, and those images appeared to move in the flickering firelight.
It must have been a very mystical experience when those pictures seemed to come alive.
#art
Abstract thinking is considered a higher-order reasoning that allows one to contemplate intangible concepts not tied to concrete experiences which allows an individual to connect ideas, visualize various possibilities, and think critically about complex issues, an essential tool for problem-solving.
September 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Abstract thinking is considered a higher-order reasoning that allows one to contemplate intangible concepts not tied to concrete experiences which allows an individual to connect ideas, visualize various possibilities, and think critically about complex issues, an essential tool for problem-solving.
Matt Foley (artist) : "The giant will face 'significant consequences' over an incident involving outages linked to multiple issues defined as standard practice, and weren't escalated as expected. Bleary-eyed in the morning soon gives way to the anticipation of accentuated excitement." - mixed media.
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Matt Foley (artist) : "The giant will face 'significant consequences' over an incident involving outages linked to multiple issues defined as standard practice, and weren't escalated as expected. Bleary-eyed in the morning soon gives way to the anticipation of accentuated excitement." - mixed media.
"A mysterious maker of visual delights, an alchemical distillery of artistic extremes."
Artist: #MattFoley
Title: "The Shaman's Cloak"
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" w x 48" h = 91.44 x 121.92 cm
Enlightenment is seeing a different caliber of reality with bold awareness and a magical intuition.
Artist: #MattFoley
Title: "The Shaman's Cloak"
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" w x 48" h = 91.44 x 121.92 cm
Enlightenment is seeing a different caliber of reality with bold awareness and a magical intuition.
September 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"A mysterious maker of visual delights, an alchemical distillery of artistic extremes."
Artist: #MattFoley
Title: "The Shaman's Cloak"
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" w x 48" h = 91.44 x 121.92 cm
Enlightenment is seeing a different caliber of reality with bold awareness and a magical intuition.
Artist: #MattFoley
Title: "The Shaman's Cloak"
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" w x 48" h = 91.44 x 121.92 cm
Enlightenment is seeing a different caliber of reality with bold awareness and a magical intuition.
“I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They ’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
― Emily Dickinson
My mother said I have a fear of fame.
She's right. I hide.
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They ’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
― Emily Dickinson
My mother said I have a fear of fame.
She's right. I hide.
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They ’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
― Emily Dickinson
My mother said I have a fear of fame.
She's right. I hide.
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They ’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
― Emily Dickinson
My mother said I have a fear of fame.
She's right. I hide.
“Every great #artist is a man who has freed himself. Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. Sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.”
― Robert Henri
― Robert Henri
September 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“Every great #artist is a man who has freed himself. Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. Sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.”
― Robert Henri
― Robert Henri
News headlines:
Three students arrested after loaded handgun found inside backpack; Registered offender arrested on 23 counts of child sexual exploitation; Legislative leaders consider security changes in wake of increasing political violence; Downtown deemed safe following bomb threat
I make #art.
Three students arrested after loaded handgun found inside backpack; Registered offender arrested on 23 counts of child sexual exploitation; Legislative leaders consider security changes in wake of increasing political violence; Downtown deemed safe following bomb threat
I make #art.
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
News headlines:
Three students arrested after loaded handgun found inside backpack; Registered offender arrested on 23 counts of child sexual exploitation; Legislative leaders consider security changes in wake of increasing political violence; Downtown deemed safe following bomb threat
I make #art.
Three students arrested after loaded handgun found inside backpack; Registered offender arrested on 23 counts of child sexual exploitation; Legislative leaders consider security changes in wake of increasing political violence; Downtown deemed safe following bomb threat
I make #art.
Consider this the essence of my mind in motion ― a "photo" of the inside of my conceptual cranium; how my brain works; the way thoughts actually look if they could be captured somehow; a visual symphony of cognition, frozen in time; raw, untamed energy; an alchemical distillery.
Matt art à la carte.
Matt art à la carte.
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Consider this the essence of my mind in motion ― a "photo" of the inside of my conceptual cranium; how my brain works; the way thoughts actually look if they could be captured somehow; a visual symphony of cognition, frozen in time; raw, untamed energy; an alchemical distillery.
Matt art à la carte.
Matt art à la carte.
#MattFoley is an internationally recognized artist with a history of award-winning works across multiple media, sometimes described as a "modern mystic" or "visionary" who translates sensory stimuli into dynamic works, oft well-known for creating vibrant, abstract works of art.
(nice makes me blush)
(nice makes me blush)
September 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#MattFoley is an internationally recognized artist with a history of award-winning works across multiple media, sometimes described as a "modern mystic" or "visionary" who translates sensory stimuli into dynamic works, oft well-known for creating vibrant, abstract works of art.
(nice makes me blush)
(nice makes me blush)
"I'm seeing some ______________..."
"Well, I think I see a _____________..."
"Huh, it reminds me of an ___________."
Everyone brings their own stories to the encounter.
A different kind of look into the mirror.
The question is always, "What do you really see when you look deep."
#MattFoley #artist
"Well, I think I see a _____________..."
"Huh, it reminds me of an ___________."
Everyone brings their own stories to the encounter.
A different kind of look into the mirror.
The question is always, "What do you really see when you look deep."
#MattFoley #artist
August 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"I'm seeing some ______________..."
"Well, I think I see a _____________..."
"Huh, it reminds me of an ___________."
Everyone brings their own stories to the encounter.
A different kind of look into the mirror.
The question is always, "What do you really see when you look deep."
#MattFoley #artist
"Well, I think I see a _____________..."
"Huh, it reminds me of an ___________."
Everyone brings their own stories to the encounter.
A different kind of look into the mirror.
The question is always, "What do you really see when you look deep."
#MattFoley #artist
"Eve Wore Red Boots"
#MattFoley : acrylic on canvas - 24" x 36"
(award-winning painting)
“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, #Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they get it?"
― Robert G. Ingersoll: lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought
#MattFoley : acrylic on canvas - 24" x 36"
(award-winning painting)
“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, #Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they get it?"
― Robert G. Ingersoll: lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"Eve Wore Red Boots"
#MattFoley : acrylic on canvas - 24" x 36"
(award-winning painting)
“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, #Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they get it?"
― Robert G. Ingersoll: lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought
#MattFoley : acrylic on canvas - 24" x 36"
(award-winning painting)
“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, #Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they get it?"
― Robert G. Ingersoll: lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought
Recent headlines:
9 teens charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old; Brazen thieves armed with bear spray grab $2 million in luxury items in 90-second heist; Mosquito-borne dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
#Art is my refuge. My mental salvation.
Humans are so tiresome.
9 teens charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old; Brazen thieves armed with bear spray grab $2 million in luxury items in 90-second heist; Mosquito-borne dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
#Art is my refuge. My mental salvation.
Humans are so tiresome.
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Recent headlines:
9 teens charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old; Brazen thieves armed with bear spray grab $2 million in luxury items in 90-second heist; Mosquito-borne dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
#Art is my refuge. My mental salvation.
Humans are so tiresome.
9 teens charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old; Brazen thieves armed with bear spray grab $2 million in luxury items in 90-second heist; Mosquito-borne dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
#Art is my refuge. My mental salvation.
Humans are so tiresome.
If it were possible to transform my #art from food for thought into nourishing calories for starving bodies, it is something I would do in a heartbeat.
History well documents the plight of starving artists.
It is a condition we, in the arts, know all too well and have great empathy for.
#MattFoley
History well documents the plight of starving artists.
It is a condition we, in the arts, know all too well and have great empathy for.
#MattFoley
August 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If it were possible to transform my #art from food for thought into nourishing calories for starving bodies, it is something I would do in a heartbeat.
History well documents the plight of starving artists.
It is a condition we, in the arts, know all too well and have great empathy for.
#MattFoley
History well documents the plight of starving artists.
It is a condition we, in the arts, know all too well and have great empathy for.
#MattFoley
Thinking outside the box, being creatively thoughtful, this is the "nursery" for great ideas, for inventiveness, the basis for problem-solving.
There is a reason why CEOs of major corporations consider creativity a top characteristic for hiring talent.
Creativity is so important.
Defining humanness.
There is a reason why CEOs of major corporations consider creativity a top characteristic for hiring talent.
Creativity is so important.
Defining humanness.
August 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thinking outside the box, being creatively thoughtful, this is the "nursery" for great ideas, for inventiveness, the basis for problem-solving.
There is a reason why CEOs of major corporations consider creativity a top characteristic for hiring talent.
Creativity is so important.
Defining humanness.
There is a reason why CEOs of major corporations consider creativity a top characteristic for hiring talent.
Creativity is so important.
Defining humanness.
Neuroaesthetics, the study of how #art interacts with the brain, provides further context for understanding the impact of Matt Foley's artwork.
Research, such as that detailed in "Your Brain on Art: The Case for Neuroaesthetics", suggests that viewing abstract art can activate several brain regions.
Research, such as that detailed in "Your Brain on Art: The Case for Neuroaesthetics", suggests that viewing abstract art can activate several brain regions.
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Neuroaesthetics, the study of how #art interacts with the brain, provides further context for understanding the impact of Matt Foley's artwork.
Research, such as that detailed in "Your Brain on Art: The Case for Neuroaesthetics", suggests that viewing abstract art can activate several brain regions.
Research, such as that detailed in "Your Brain on Art: The Case for Neuroaesthetics", suggests that viewing abstract art can activate several brain regions.
The artist, Marcel Duchamp, once said, “The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act."
#MattFoley and his creativity
#MattFoley and his creativity
July 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The artist, Marcel Duchamp, once said, “The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act."
#MattFoley and his creativity
#MattFoley and his creativity
Abstract art employs vibrant colors, dynamic shapes and expressive forms to convey complex concepts, abstract ideas or deep emotions, liberated from realistic portrayal.
Abstract #art ignites the imagination, encourages subjective interpretation and prioritizes creative freedom over literal imagery.
Abstract #art ignites the imagination, encourages subjective interpretation and prioritizes creative freedom over literal imagery.
July 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Abstract art employs vibrant colors, dynamic shapes and expressive forms to convey complex concepts, abstract ideas or deep emotions, liberated from realistic portrayal.
Abstract #art ignites the imagination, encourages subjective interpretation and prioritizes creative freedom over literal imagery.
Abstract #art ignites the imagination, encourages subjective interpretation and prioritizes creative freedom over literal imagery.
“I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind. And this is one: I'm going to tell it - but take care not to smile at any part of it.”
― Emily Brontë
Dreamt
― Emily Brontë
Dreamt
July 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind. And this is one: I'm going to tell it - but take care not to smile at any part of it.”
― Emily Brontë
Dreamt
― Emily Brontë
Dreamt