Valin Mattheis

Painter and Writer
Born in 1981, Valin Mattheis grew up amongst the rolling hills and gnarled oak trees of California’s central coast, whiling his days away collecting dead animals and training at the temple.
As is the practice and tradition of his kind, he also spent all the time normally dedicated to bettering oneself and securing a place in respectable society endlessly drawing various terrible and inane monstrosities. 
Self-taught painter and writer, freelance artist, and inveterate hermit, Valin worked on countless album cover art, book covers, illustrations, and commissions. He published his first book in 2020 "STGM: The conclusion of the world, and what rose after." and is currently working on his second book.

Explanation of the Work
A glimpse into a vast world, sundered by forces from beyond the veil.
Those who dwell here do so amongst the newly returned gods, lurkers in the void and eaters of the black earth alike.
Ancient cults and ruined empires, skeletal saints and howling terrors, the awe and dread of heaven and earth.

Website - Strange Gods

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