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Wide Open Walls: Art in public spaces in Gambia

Featured Projects, Gambia, Initiatives, Painting/Matte Painting, South Africa

Wide Open Walls begins a great conversation for public art especially within the continent. When Mary Sibande's work was showcased in Johannesburg last year on tall canvases hanging over buildings, walls and on bill-boards, it gave the opportunity to give a larger audience viewing to work that they would normally have to go to a gallery or museum to see.

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Kiboko: Illustrator and Street Artist

Countries, Featured Artists, Illustration, Kenya, Painting/Matte Painting

Kiboko a London based freelancer and member of The District pointed to us his work and we were much delighted to see a fresh side of an illustrator mixing some street art to his portfolio.

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Interview: Concept artist Peter Gikandi

Featured Artists, Interviews, Kenya, Painting/Matte Painting

Even a quick glance at concept artist Peter Gikandi's illustrations and paintings leave an impression on you. His work has transcended the norm and his style fuses strongly with Japanese and Chinese art yet blending his own twist and interpretation to it. Each frame is a story begging to be told, needing to figure out what would happen next while musing on the painting. With such strong focus and style it seems to bewilder one that Gikandi is a Kenyan artist working in Vancouver, Canada and studied art in California in the US.

Matte Painting: Create a Distressed Surreal Cityscape

Painting/Matte Painting, Resources, Tutorials

Source: My Ink Blog Matte painting plays a major role in today’s films. The first known matte painting shot was...

Feature Artist: Yvonne Muinde

Countries, Featured Artists, Film, Kenya, Painting/Matte Painting, Videos

Yvonne Muinde is a painter and matte painter currently residing in Wellington, New Zealand. Her work mainly focuses on the...