Steve Matson splits his time between fine art and creating matte paintings for Hollywood movies. He has painted background environments for such films as: Life of Pi, Polar Express, Star Wars EP3, Superman, The Chronicles of Narnia, Surfs Up, Beowulf, 300 and many others.

In 1986 Steve saw the world's first computer that was designed for artists, the Quantel Paintbox. He immediately understood the creative power this technology had to offer.