Joseph Matar is not only an interpreter of sacred art but also a poet of the mountains of Lebanon. His works breath joy, optimism, and an admiration for all that is created. His masterpieces are poems of love and hymns to light. W. Miskawi Sacred art is difficult and undefinable. The artist must communicate his emotions when faced with what is holy.
Every canvas is religious and all art is sacred.
Joseph Matar belongs to that category of young Lebanese artists who, without deliberately trying to astonish, have made their reputation as painters of poetic reality, while his own works bear the imprint of his temperament, biting, jovial, powerful and sensitive all at the same time. Whatever subject he approaches is treated with a poetry glowing with sincerity. His work expresses a passion for colour, which he highlights with flashes of the most brilliant intensity. All is blended in a sincerity acquired without constraint.