matteopaintssince 2008

• Matthew Bates
• Firenze, Italy
• http://www.mattbates.net

• Biography

  Biography

  1970, Washington, DC

  I was born into an artistic family, in a place for politics. I got out soon after my 18th birthday and moved to California, there a teacher sent me on a quest to Florence, Italy, where I fell in love with all things Italian. That was in 1990, I have been here ever since.