Originally from southern California , artist Matthew Beall has a radical relationship to his material, whether as an award-winning custom painter of cars, Harleys and surfboards, or as an abstract painter exploring linguistic and geometric structures. His art, his training in applied linguistics, and his life as a world traveler have always suggested jazz improvisation’s balance between freewheeling spontaneity and disciplined focus. Matt has shown his art throughout Europe and the United States , and has lived in Brazil , the Czech Republic , Mexico , the Netherlands , and now Ulm , Germany , where he runs an intercultural communication and language training company.