New art piece from a current creative project, drawn traditionally and painted digitally. Better not to ask what they’re doing, exactly. Pro...

These three images are from a project that was initially only black and white, and now, I’ve brought them, and some others, into the realm o...

Stay cool out there, friends.  ( ❤ Mark )

One nice surprise in our ongoing (masked) pandemic walks all around Philadelphia has been the discovery of these ‘congratulations’ signs pla...

Text of the poster print reads: SOCIALIZE ORGANIZE ENERGIZE VOCALIZE MOBILIZE GALVANIZE DEMOCRACY CAN ONLY WORK WITH AN INVOLVED POPULA...

(F rontispiece) (Interior, possibly a cover, when colored)   (Interior sketch) Guess I don't have to keep these under wraps...

This is my update and tribute to my beloved, beat-up, paperback copy of Beverly Cleary's "Ramona Quimby, Age 8", published ...

Cover sketch submitted, but not ultimately used, for the inaugural issue of The American Bystander, a fantastic new humor mag . Seriousl...

Here is the poster I illustrated and designed for the 2015 Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival, held, as usual, at the esteemed Big Blue...

Sometimes I like to look through the vault when I have a few minutes, like when, say, my computer crashes, or a large file is saving,...

"Arts #1", Oil on Canvas, 2015, by Mark Mattson. Part of a new series. #ArtsFunding #Humanities #SuperBowl #Sports #TheArts

Previously alluded to over in this post, I finally got the words the way I liked 'em. You know, for now. Or not. Writing is rew...

This is part of a series of (slightly) spooky poems and stories I'm working on, as a book proposal. You may have seen the black and...

Relationships can be spooky!  It's kind of like that BBC series Being Human , but, you know, pint-sized, and with no real emoti...

There's a new page on this site devoted strictly to my sketches and concept designs, and it's called:   "Concepts/Sketches...