Even in cities, plant life is ever-present but easily overlooked. By crowding the canvas with lush and fecund growth, Matthews asks us to remember and rejoice. The earth puts forth ordinary wonders. As the old story tells it: “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so (Genesis 1:11). The works in this series are a lavish, careful study and celebration of unstoppable life!