Gervaise Netherway city of hobsons bay
Gervaise battled with trying to figure out what he should do in life after finishing high school. He worked a job at a bank but quit to travel and then started painting and since then, hasn’t looked back. He completed a Diploma of Visual Arts with High Distinction at Swinburne University in 2012 and has been accepted to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts at VCA this year. His works have also been featured at lostateminor.com
Mouse Trap Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 120 x100cm, 2012, NFS
Through my paintings I want people to arrive at a place where they can space out. I think everyone kind of talks to them self aimlessly in their head all day without ever questioning this process. I explore depression, anxiety, and the truth behind identity through the use of fictitious characters from cartoons representing human emotions and mental predicaments. This work in particular presents a potent visual description of the feeling of no escape from the mind and its horrors for those who suffer from mental illness and inner turmoils.
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