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Matthew Evans aka Snowskull | on Tumblr (b.1982, UK)

Matthew Evans is an Abstract neo-expressionist painter from Cardiff, Wales. Also known as Snowskull, Matthew chose the name from a Gregory Corso poem: “I feel the contrast between the purity of the snow and the morbidness of the skull combined shows the light and the darkness of my work.” Colour and poetry are two important elements in Matthew’s work, his painting is often a dreamscape, combining colour, composition and symbolism. For him, the imagination is more powerful than knowledge, and he expresses himself through colour “the language of art”: “Rather than painting what is in front of me, I like to paint my own landscapes and realities”.

This month sees the launch of a brand new SnowSkull project – an enriched arts project comprising of a website and a music compilation featuring some of the most innovative and exciting new electronic music producers from Wales’ burgeoning music scene’s – the two components live together under the name “All Great Thoughts Are Conceived By Walking”, that can be experienced at SnowSkullart.com. The website pulls together all of SnowSkull’s creative output into one place: a treasure chest stuffed full of paintings and sketches, all reachable by clicking on different parts of the giant, sprawling painting that is the heart of the All Great Thoughts Are Conceived By Walking project. “The painting is a journey of progression”, explains SnowSkull, “and it utilises all the techniques I’ve learnt from day one up until this point to symbolize that”.

Clicking through the different parts of the painting reveals the depth and extent of SnowSkull’s creative talents. As well as his own solo paintings, there is the collaborative work with visual artist Jack Hardwicke (cf. previous posts) whose combined work under the Sleepwalk Art Collective guise/moniker offers a unique synergy of styles. Matthew can be found with updated posts on his Website, SoudCloud, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Most Reblogged in 2013:  Books

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Divergent 

The Fault in Our Stars

Looking for Alaska

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fight Club

Fangirl

Pride and Prejudice

Insurgent

Life of Pi

Paper Towns

Beautiful Creatures

Clockwork Princess

An Abundance of Katherines

Allegiant

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Twilight Saga

50 Shades of Grey

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Catcher in the Rye

The Cuckoo’s Calling

"what’s it abou—" The less you know ahead of time, the more you’ll enjoy it. Trust me.

"it doesn’t seem like my ty—" It’s everyone’s type of show.

"it looks confu—" The confusion is half the fun.

"i’m tired of shows that—" It’s not like those other shows. You have no idea.

"i don’t have ti—" It’s a new series and there are only 10 episodes in the season. You can make time.

"but i—" IT’S PERFECT. JUST DO IT.

A hibiscus flower emerges through a plant covered in volcanic ash in Indonesia’s north Sumatra province after Mount Sinabung erupted, on November 19, 2013.

Oh my god this is awesome. They got a piano that appears to score people by itself (but a dude is probably playing it remotely) and it’s in a train station and all these people react to it and play instruments with it and it’s so fuckin cute

Syrian Refugees Speak Out Through ‘Dear World’ Project. [PART 1]

After more than two years of fighting, Syria’s refugee crisis has grown to epic proportions.

More than 2 million people have fled the war-torn country since March 2011, seeking refuge in neighboring nations. Another 5 million are estimated to be displaced within Syria. “We have not seen a refugee outflow escalate at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres warned last July.

Despite already housing 2 million Palestinians, Jordan has taken in more than 500,000 registered Syrian refugees. Many more are believed to live in the country unregistered, often with family and friends. Testament to the enormity of the influx is the Zaatari refugee camp, a tangle of thousands of white tents and makeshift buildings that is now sheltering more than 120,000  Syrians.

American photographers Robert Fogarty and Benjamin Reece traveled to Jordan in September with the relief organization CARE International. For years, Fogarty has been working on “Dear World,” a project in which he photographs people with messages written on their arms. He worked with survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and with victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York.

Reece and Fogarty applied the same principle in Jordan, returning with powerful portraits of Syrian refugees who want to share their story with people abroad.

20 Geological Wonders of the world:

This is what happiness looks like. Sorry you were so miserable in your own lives that you couldn’t allow me a chance at my own. I went out and found it anyway. I miss you, and will miss you even more this holiday season since you won’t allow me to come back home unless I have a woman on my arm. Oh by the way, we’ll still be using the family recipe for the stuffing, I’m sure it’ll be a hit with our friends.