ArtTour International Magazine
- Maribel Matthews
“For me, painting is a necessity and has become my passion! Raising awareness of the precious planet's plight through my art has become the reason.
Looking after our environment and resisting climate change is now my mission!!!
I'm a fine arts artist deriving inspiration from the renaissance painters and the impressionist movement. Throughout my artistic life, I have dabbled with surrealism, abstract, you name it, I've tried it. Why? Because I love painting and want to enjoy every aspect of it.
Since 2016 when I was noticed by the agora gallery in Chelsea, New York, and was invited to exhibit there, I have been invited to show all over Europe. I have received various awards for my work. I also had the good fortune to be published in the art tour international magazine on several occasions. I am very grateful to Viviana Puello for her help and advice and hope to work with her for many years to come.
One day I saw this young Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, talking about climate change and was immediate with her. It took a child to lead the way.
I then decided that I would endeavor to create awareness of climate change, and I could do it through my art. Since that day, I have been producing works depicting natural disasters and showing our mother earth's deterioration.
Is our world rebelling against man's follies and depredations? Are the awesome powers of nature's forces rising in protest? These are questions that we should ask ourselves!
Perhaps through all our efforts, one day, it will dawn upon humankind that squandering our resources is not the answer, and instead, we will work in harmony with nature appreciating the beauty and grandeur of our world by caring for it as we should.”
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