Born January 14, 1949, artist, Matthew Lovein learned photography

from his father, Elvin Oscar Lovein in their home darkroom. 

As a boy, Matthew also

created metal etchings and wood carvings.

As an adult, he worked in the engineering department in a California Water District.

Soon after meeting his wife, Mary from Maui, he made a decision to work for himself.

He opened a full service wood working shop where he constructed free standing

furniture as well as high end custom kitchen designs. He began working with clay

and the potter’s wheel as a hobby, and got more passionate about ceramics

 when he studied Raku firing at Laguna College of Art. The Loveins moved

to Hawaii in 1989 where Matthew has become an established

artist, creating sculptures of clay, glass, metal or

combinations of those elements.

His ceramic forms are

original and timeless.