Something needs to be said about my choice of materials, processes, format, and design of the body of work. As an artist/ printmaker (Master Printer) I have chosen the processes that I am most comfortable and experienced with. Evaluating the voice of the conceived image determines the techniques that are to be used. At present my most commonly used techniques are mezzotints and monotypes laid out in a traditional bound book format. The book format was chosen for its obvious relationship with story telling although a number of works have been grouped in suites (five or more similar prints) of unbounded prints encased in a specially designed portfolio. The individual print size for books or portfolios range from 2" X 2" to 18" X 144". Most of my mezzotint prints are less than 6" X 6". Upon completion the prints are assembled and stitched in a traditional bookbinding pattern, then encased within cloth covered boards. Editions and one-of-a kind books are completed as determined by the story within that book.

Matthew Lindhardt

"Wilderness, to me, is spiritually imperative. Ever since I was a young boy, it was to the wilderness that I fled, in hopes of rescuing my tranquility and stability from the social world. The inexplicable spiritual occurrence of being in close proximity to nature invigorated my adolescent soul. It was during these young years, I discovered some of planet Earth’s intimate vibrancies, which seemed to be so deluded in these modern days of fragmentation. I view my work as a form of conservation. These light-polluted images of urban environments are derived from a world, from that I retreat.

The exposure to such angelic beauty reinforced my sense of dedication to use my photographic art as a stimulus for the human race to work as one to conserve the life-giving natural environment for future generations."