I've been drawing & making art since childhood, for a
while now I've mostly used gel pens & paper. I like making the best of
limited resources, but there's a bunch of other reasons why this simple combination
of materials works for me:
Initially, I was just subverting images from advertising,
then became more interested in states such as freedom, integrity, defiance,
chaos & desire. I'd rather not explain the characters or situations. Instead,
I’ll leave it open as if you're coming into a story without knowing the
narrative, or experiencing a passing moment that doesn't last long enough for
you to define what's going on.
There's something about understanding too, and trying to
understand. That in life there's a lot of mystery and grey area, and - I
realise the irony in saying this - things are rarely black & white.
Matt was born in South Africa, and is a self-taught artist. All the art is gel pen on A4 paper. You can contact him at:
no_heaven_waiting@hotmail.com
and follow his work at:
