After graduating from Ealing School of Art, Matthews was appointed craftsman/demonstrator in the Printmaking Department at the RCA in London.

[5] This included: Myself and My Heroes,[6] Gretchen and the Snurl[7] My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean[8] and Kaisarion and all his Beauty.

Early inspiration came from the quarries of Wales and the idea of figures in an empty pared-down landscape.

He used several plates for each etching and a wide colour palette[11][12] a In 1991, he moved his studio to South-West France, where the landscape is in direct contrast to Scotland.

[14] Matthews now, after living in the Charente region of France for 11 years, resides in Woodbridge, Suffolk.