Can the sound and movement of live music be captured on paper? Artist John Dewe Mathews has managed to catch the atmosphere of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music on 28 January. Click on the artists' names below to see his colourful sketches.
John Dewe Mathews trained as an architect. After working as a portrait photographer in the early 1970's, culminating in a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1974, he took up painting. He is a self-taught artist who has been described as 'matching quickness of apprehension with spontaneity of gesture'. He has exhibited extensively in Europe and the USA.
Can the sound and movement of live music be captured on paper? Artist John Dewe Mathews has managed to catch the atmosphere of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music on 28 January. Click on the artists' names below to see his colourful sketches.