A native of Louisiana, Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Louisiana State University. He has attended various fine arts painting and sculpture courses since his first course with Mrs. Carolyn Pellegrin in 1994. He has studied painting at the Baton Rouge Academy of Art and the Arts Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has also studied sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy with Artida Arts, Inc. and in Rutland, Vermont with the Vermont Carving Studio. His works are noted for the attention to detail and bold architectural and seascape images.

Through leisure traveling, Matt draws inspiration from traveling throughout southern Louisiana, southern Florida, and the Carolinas. Wide open spaces are what Matt looks for in a setting.

His works are found in homes, mainly in Houma, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Matt is married to Luisa Mahler and they have a son, Nicholas and a baby girl Emma. They reside in Raleigh, North Carolina.