“Little Cloudy Wallaby”
Matthew Clarke
28 Nov → 15 Jan 2021
Matthew Clarke, ‘Little Cloudy Wallaby’, 2020, painted sculpture. Image courtesy of artist.
Matthew Clarke's sculpture titled 'Little Cloudy Wallaby' is made out of ply wood and painted with acrylic paint. The background piece is made of black artist canvas marked with metallic pen. This work is about a wallaby who wears a crown whilst the background is cloudy. The wallaby believes he is royalty wearing the crown.
"One of my major influences is the natural environment that surrounds me which has led me make art of birds, wallabies and turtles/tortoises. Another one of my influences is the people immediately around me."
– Matthew Clarke
This project is supported by the City of Yarra.
Matthew Clarke likes to paint to make people feel happy and has been drawing ever since he can remember. Matthew paints with acrylic paint on linen and plywood wallaby sculptures where his unique sense of shape, colour and proportions flows into the works. He makes linocuts with his long term mentor Glenn Morgan supporting him with printing the lino blocks.