Title: Hell-Bound Train 3
Medium: Digital
Size: Digital IN. x Digital IN. (0cmx0cm) (digital media- no set size)
Date: 2011
About the Artist: Born 1976 in Mississippi, living and working in Chicago, Illinois, Matthews is a self-taught artist working for IDW publishing where he paints graphic novels and comic books. Matthews has had a lifelong interest in the relationship between symbols, signs and images and that part of ourselves we most commonly refer to as "unconscious".
Statement: "My interest in painting stems from my investigation into the relationship between images and their relevant use within the psyche. Many of the mythological, religious, alchemical, and historical icons, symbolic figures and shapes stimulate, if not summon, internal functions." -Matthews
About the Work/Connections: "This is the cover art for the third issue of "That Hellbound Train" coming from IDW publishing this year [2011]." - from Menton's website.
To me, this piece is a symbol for never having enough time, and never living for the moment, but always looking ahead until it's too late. The woman in the piece seems to have run out of time and is stuck with the choices she has made in her life. This image tells this dark, yet common story in a blunt, scary way. You see the pain and horror within her as she screams out for more time. There are symbols of death present in the work, and the woman herself seems worn and ghostly, creating a dark atmosphere.
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