Matiko's oil paintings often depict beautiful, emotionally vivid stories, played out by characters that draw empathy from the viewer. Her work also includes carefully observed and richly textured still life subjects.

Matiko is an internationally recognized and award-winning artist whose paintings are in collections in both Europe and the U.S. She currently lives and creates in Media, PA, near Philadelphia.

Her approach is directly painting onto the canvas, without any preliminary sketching, letting the brush or a palette knife move her through the piece. It's spontaneous, fresh and surprising, just like life itself.