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Featuring a mixture of still lifes and sunflower portraits, some painted entirely in ultramarine blue layered glazes to create a luminous dirge of blue. “Leftovers” is a study of loss and absence. When joy evaporates and when yellow vanishes. “There is no blue without yellow and without orange, and if you put in blue, then you must put in yellow”. Vincent Van Gogh – Letter to Emile Bernard (June 1888).
Matthew King is a fine artist primarily concerned with exploring the human condition depicted in paintings and drawings. The images produced are often enigmatic with a focus on the figurative form either physically or metaphorically. His visual language is influenced by the tradition of oil painting notably the likes of Caravaggio, Goya, Rothko, Bacon and Currie infused with personal experiences. He is based in Worthing and since studying Fine Art at Northbrook, has continued to exhibit, winning the Piran Strange Young Artist prize in 2010.
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