Artist Information:
Graham Matthews
Pacquet,
Canada
Member Since: Oct 2007
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Artist Statement:
I am from a small town in
Newfoundland, Canada. I grew
up near the ocean, which is
the inspiration for most of my
artwork. I view the ocean, and
nature in general, as
beautiful, and untamed, having
a personality of its own. The
ocean can be calm and serene
at times, and wild and untamed
at others. It has also been
merciless, claiming many
lives. My artwork often
invokes some of this moodiness
and instability.
My drawings and paintings
often have wild sweeping
lines, undulating curves,
spiraling forms, along with
surreal looking landmasses. I
use these various styles in
combination to show movement
and unruleliness. Sometimes
they are complex and dizzying.
Many times my artworks are
"escapes" from the real world,
hense bordering on surreal.
This is because I use the real
world as a basis and distort
it in such a way that seems
otherworldly.
In spite of the
representational beginnings of
my artworks, the underlying
meaning is psychological in
context, either blatant or
implied. My art has been a
type of "release" for
emotions... a way of "hiding"
them on the canvas without
expressing them outwardly...
and admittedly therapeutic.
Some of my influences through
the years are the ...
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Graham Matthews's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Graham Matthews's Portfolio.
I am from a small town in Newfoundland, Canada. I grew up near the ocean, which is the inspiration for most of my artwork. I view the ocean, and nature in general, as beautiful, and untamed, having a personality of its own. The ocean can be calm and serene at times, and wild and untamed at others. It has also been merciless, claiming many lives. My artwork often invokes some of this moodiness and instability.
My drawings and paintings often have wild sweeping lines, undulating curves, spiraling forms, along with surreal looking landmasses. I use these various styles in combination to show movement and unruleliness. Sometimes they are complex and dizzying. Many times my artworks are "escapes" from the real world, hense bordering on surreal. This is because I use the real world as a basis and distort it in such a way that seems otherworldly.
In spite of the representational beginnings of my artworks, the underlying meaning is psychological in context, either blatant or implied. My art has been a type of "release" for emotions... a way of "hiding" them on the canvas without expressing them outwardly... and admittedly therapeutic.
Some of my influences through the years are the ... |
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