This Joburg artist's paintings that look so much like photos has nabbed him an award
It might’ve taken him years to get here but Matthew Blackburn has proven that he was meant to create art.
“I wanted this artwork to touch on nature and how inefficient humans are. Nature is able to break down matter and create new life, whereas humans are constantly consuming and at the end of the day our waste is just piling up.”His love for art started at nursery school and at primary school he often found himself doodling in his textbooks. “It was nothing extravagant or in detail. It was just basic doodling. Every time my pencil touched paper I just felt the need to create,” he reflects.
He began entering art competitions for exposure, and was thrilled when he was invited to take part in a group exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, an art centre in Durbanville, Cape Town. Of the seven paintings he submitted, five were sold. “I was very chuffed and I was like, ‘This is proof that I’m capable’,” he says.
“From that I will outline the actual artwork with my darkest tones. I slowly reduce the tones and find the lighter areas and constantly bring in new layers. As I’m bringing in the layers, I’m mixing them together because acrylic paint dries fast and it’s difficult to blend with them. By layering, the colours start coming together,’’ he says.One spot can take about seven layers and the self-confessed perfectionist says he doesn’t mind spending that much time polishing his work.
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