Matthew Solly is a watercolorist and print maker who works with his hand-made lino cutting press to produce prints of our local surf coast beaches.
Matthew is part of the Solly/Giles family studio in collaboration with his wife Melinda Solly and mother and father in law Jill Giles and Geoff Giles. The family enjoy creating together and has been exhibiting in the Surf Coast Arts Trail since its inception.
Acknowledgment:
Surf Coast Shire spans the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar people.
We acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners and Protectors of this place.
We acknowledge their ancestors who cared for the land, rivers and sea – and all of its creatures – for thousands of generations.
We pay our respects to elders past, present and future who continue on this path.