Journal | Architecture, Geometry & Contemporary Art by Matt Durant

One of my paintings appears in Season 2, Episode 1 (“June”) of The Handmaid's Tale, filmed primarily in and around Toronto, where the production of...

There's a building somewhere in Italy — or there was — that stood for over five hundred years. I have a piece of it on my workbench. That's where t...

In 2017 I got my hands on 8 sections of the Honest Ed's marquee sign — among roughly 12 known to survive the teardown. I spent months trimming, fr...

Gymnasia is a series of 10 pieces. They are chosen crops of solid maple gymnasium flooring, salvaged from Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. ...

This is the story of a trunk. During the Great Depression, a Dutch family living in Amsterdam found themselves forced out of work, and like so man...

OK, lets try our hand at this. Up for auction is the original oil painting “Big Wave #5”. 20″x20″, freshly completed December 2013, framed and rea...

SUITS, an American legal drama television series set in New York city and shot in Toronto, has commissioned a custom painting for their set, specif...

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON Life began for the painting long before I answered that Craigslist ad. I met Chris when he was given the daunting task of cle...