Born to Draw
Matthew Clarke

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Matthew Clarke is an artist who lives in Warrnambool, South West Victoria. He has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He started his life as an artist in 2005 when he commenced his Diploma of Art, Craft and Design at South West TAFE. He is an artist with a mental illness and a disability, and he believes he was destined to be an artist – with or without disability. His sense of colour, shape and proportion comes from a place in his brain he doesn’t understand and he is happiest when his work is flowing from this place.

Matthew’s rationale for this exhibition is to bring his unique style of drawing to Firstdraft. His style isn’t based on any other style or what he learnt as an art student. It is based on what he feels, sees and thinks combined with the magic of how it gets to the paper. Matthew will exhibit 5 new and unseen drawings that explore cityscapes and landscapes, where some of Matthew’s long running theme of windfarms, wallabies and cityscapes will feature. Matthew finds the city both exciting and overwhelming to visit.

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