Matthew Dutton, 29, creates mixed media sculpture and art.MATTHEW DUTTONMusic Man: Dutton plays drums, bass, horns and guitar but he can’t read music.Favorite movie: “Labyrinth.”Ink story: He has a tattoo of a vertical hash mark on his leg. He and wife Maria planned to get one every year but never followed through.Mythical creature: If he could be an animal, he’d be a Pegasus, because he likes horses but wants to be able to fly.Superpower: Dutton’s superpower of choice would be the ability to stop time, “because then I could get all these crazy ideas actualized.”
Matthew Dutton doesn’t like to be idle.
“I don’t like to sit around and do nothing,” said Dutton, 29. “There are too many things I want to do and only so many hours in the day. I’ve got about 20 projects going on at all times.”
He is an artist — currently featured in AVA Gallery’s “Fresh” exhibition — and the arts specialist at Rock City Gardens. He helps create thematic backgrounds and props for celebrations and restores the attraction’s antique gnomes.
Born in Winter Park, Fla., Dutton moved to Chattanooga as a teenager and now resides in Hixson with his wife, Maria, his high school sweetheart. They have been married for seven years and have a son on the way. Dutton is painting robots in the nursery because his wife thought their son would like them.