His painting “Friends” depicts two friends on a blanket. Two seated women who seem almost too big for the canvas fill the entire scene. The one has the bird of peace on her finger while her friend contemplates the complexity of life. This is such a beautiful intimate scene, and the bird makes it quite a quirky piece, and one really wants to know what they are talking about and discussing. There is luscious texture in this piece.

Everaldo Matonse was born in 1981 July 24 in Mozambique. Having a brother who was an artist, inspired him to experiment with water colours, pencil and guache, and these materials were easily available to him. Matonse started to showcase his work to various people in Maputo who encouraged him to pursue his dreams of being a visual artist, and this led him to South Africa.

 

His work is inspired by the good qualities and values instilled in him by his family. Family is very important to him and his family values led him to understand himself and his role in life. The repetition of patterns in his work are the reflection of the memories of his journey as someone who was living in a foreign country, South Africa. Everaldo loves texture and sometimes he makes the canvas rough with patterns before starting a new work. The textures symbolise the rough and smooth in life. In his work, he uses different mediums such as wood cut print, oil pastel and painting to express his feelings.

 

Bids are open on this painting during October 2021 , Bids start at R1500, we already have one bid in so anything over R1500 will secure your bid.