Minnesota-Little Scandinavia
Haunted castles and lochs and mysterious horsemen whisper to the wind that I am clan Morrison. Life bearing charcoal ink and the mysterious beauty of nature whisper that I am an artist. Lakes became an important element in art in the early 1900íswhich is best represented in the land of lakes Minnesota. I had a friend from Minnesota who moved to Indiana because it was warmer where it hovers around zero for many days and can have several feet of snow and moved back when he retired. Ironically, he moved again to Indiana but never told anybody so I would check the weather there to see which place was colder.  I currently live in a place that has a lot of mystery. 


Minnesota has a very unique mythos. Everything on the picture is on a Norwegian flag. It is said that Vikings discover Minnesota over a thousand years ago. There is actually a stone with their writings in the state. Much later, Norwegians and Swedes immigrated to Minnesota in the 1800ís because of the similarity to their old country and created a Minnesota culture. The Loon in the front is the state bird. Everything is in front of a spoon with a cherry. This stands for the famous Spoonbridge and Cherry at the Walker Art center in Minneapolis. It was said of the Art center to look like a French dining table so the artist who was known for the ìrubber fansî made a spoon for the center. The oar with the word Voyager National and the beaver chewed tree stump are showing Voyager National Park on the northern Minnesota frontier with Canada and mostly inaccessable except for by water. This was supposedly where western European first entered the state with trade by French Voyagers with the native peoples. The park will be honored by a quarter in 2018. The stone in the fore ground is the state mineral Lake Superior agate. The microphone is for Prairie Home Companion which popularized the state. I drew this picture about a year ago with pencil and white charcoal.

  The Name of this picture is ìKnotwork treeî and was made with pen about a year ago. One of the things I notice with trees is that nature mimics Celtic design.Inf you are interested in Buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com.

Delaware- first state

Standing stones with a mysterious past and sunken rode cut from peat bogs echo a whisper that I am Clan Morrison. The mysterious life of charcoal the purity of the canvas whisper to the wind that I am an artist. It is said that only one state is representative of the entire US which is Delaware as in its both agrarian and industrial; however, it tends to be more liberal then equal politically although it was the first state. It was the first state to ratify the constitution. The one person I knew from Delaware bemoaned the Lack of Christian Television. The only other thing on the state is Dela wares her new jersey.

The state of Delaware has a very interesting mythology. Everything is on the Delaware militia flag which was used during the American Revolution. That militia was famous for covering Washington’s famous retreat during the Battle of Long Island. Everything is in front of a Swedish flag as Delaware was a colony of Sweden. The governor was a fat Tyrant that the Indians call “Big Belly” There is a nursery rhyme about him that goes, “Not any one now or any one since has been as fat as Johan  Printz.” The Dutch drove the Swedes from Delaware. The state’s name is named for the native peoples who attacked the Anglo population in that area. The silver button in front of the glass is symbolic of a man who made a pact with the Devil to kill a thousand Indians, and his silver button supposedly killed a hundred. The flowers are the state flower peach blossom. The glass is there for the glass of wine that is left out for the ghost in the governor’s mansion. The pan behind the flower is because Delaware is known for making them. The feather behind the glass is the Blue Hen, the state bird, which was the best fighting cock during the American Revolution. The horse shoe is for Caesar Rodney, the deciding vote for declaring independence which he had to make a special ride to make. I drew this piece recently, and it is made with pencil and white charcoal. The size is 8”x10.”

 I drew this 12/14/13 and named it “Cleared field with Farm House.”  I was really cold when I drew it but the ink did not freeze and no snow. The breaths of woods and farm are brought together on a lonely road in Indiana. It gives a unique look at rural life. If you are interested in buying this or any other pieces of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com.

South Dakota-Open

Craggy boulders in a Lewis, sheep fields and small, Gaelic-speaking fishing villages echo that I am Clan Morrison. Ancient, magical forest and epic, shallow rivers recognize that I am an artist. As an artist I have a affinity for open spaces or as the song says “don’t fence me in.” Of the entire empty places, South Dakota is one of the emptiest places in the US.  My brother thought one could draw South Dakota with a blank page, and when Hollywood needs a secret place, they turn to South Dakota. President TR went from being a rich New Yorker to a outdoors-man in South Dakota by work at a ranch where kept them from swearing. I am learning Gaelic.

South Dakota has a special mythology. The bird in the front is a ring-tailed partridge the state bird, but is also symbolic of the importance that South Dakota had in the Indian Wars with the place of Custer’s Last Stand where US Cavalry was out gunner and out manned by the Sioux Nation and was defeated. The flower is the state flower. The rock is the state gem. The water fall is for Sioux Falls which was mythical among the Native American and has the lowest unemployment outside of North Dakota. The waterfall itself is an attraction and is a national monument. The face is the face of President Theodore Roosevelt from Mount Rushmore. It was a New Deal era nation artwork part of the New Deal that was never completed and was suppose to go to chest high on all of the presidents.  It was his relative (third or fourth cousin) FDR who wanted his face on the monument but the artist who also never completed Stone Mountain question if TR would pass the test of time. (FDR out ranked him.) The other side of the face is Badland National Park which TR also liked. I drew this picture about a year ago with pencil and white charcoal.

I named this piece “Covered Bridge” and is ink and watercolor and 9”x12.”  One of the interesting element of watercolor is the green is not important. This picture combines the mythos of covered bridges and the green of nature.   I took the bridge from an unused one in Ohio near a metro-park. I you are interested in buying this painting or any other of my work please email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com.