Broken Cowboy The Matt Clark Story

 Matt Clark dreamed of becoming a world champion cowboy but at age 17,  He experienced a seriou spinal cord injury.  After more than two months in the ICU and six months in spinal rehab, the doctors dismissed him to rest at home and gave him three years to live. Medicine offered him no hope for a future, but something deep inside him said "Wait a minute, I am going to define my life."

 

His story tells of his struggles and his rise to become a talented metal sculpture artist.  The metal objects use in his art were originally created to perform a specific function.  At some point, they outlived their usefulness, were broken, and lost their value.   He surrounds himself with them and asks the question "What is the best purpose for this object?"  He searches  for each piece's innate power and then resurrects it and fives it a new reason to be.  For him, the transformation of these objects is symbolic of his own journey-of ultimately transcending broken dreams and heartache.  His artistic process is a reenactment of his life journey.