Post by Big Yogi via FORMAT MAG

FORMAT MAGAZINE recently featured this artist on their site. His artwork is dope and I like how he creates with images of women and creative colors

FORMAT:

Still young, only 23, PaperMonster is finding his niche in the art world. A certain part of that comes thanks to a short term mentorship under the famed Parisian stencil artist, Blek Le Rat who taught him to take his stencil work to the next level and incorporate more dimensions and eye-popping colours than he ever imagined. PaperMonster’s work is based around women in various states of shock, fear, or wonder. Every canvas is its own story.

“I really love the name PaperMonster because from initially hearing it you have these expectations of something very tough and manly but when you see one of my paintings there is none of that and you see something that can appeal to anyone.”

Format: Where are you coming from, as an artist, and a person?
PaperMonster: We all have two lives. I am an artist in one and in the other a scientist. Both have the same goal: to create something that will touch or have an impact on a person. The colors I choose in my paintings have turned into the same colors that I wear on a daily basis. I am inspired by my environment and when an image catches my eye it is like a punch to the chest and you just feel the urge to cut and paint. My work has no constrictions and my stencils can be any size, shape or color. As a stencil artist I have developed my style through mistakes. All of the things I did wrong are what you see now and what stand out the most. That is what is exciting about stencil art and what motivates me every day.

Format: Who are the women in your pictures?
PaperMonster: The women in my stencil art paintings are real life people that I have come across and have really caught my eye. They are from all over the world including the Middle-East, Europe and the United States. These women are not models but normal people who have a glow that captures your eye.

Format: Do you only draw women?
PaperMonster: Women are the central focus of my work for many different reasons. The types of women that I choose to paint express a wide range of emotions that turn and change immediately through just the slightest shift in their eyes, lips, hair or face angle. A woman’s eyes and lips can completely change the feeling that you are trying to present. Each of these women has a story within themselves. I tell their story through the collage work inside of each of the main images. Like any woman, her facial expression can be a wall that she is putting up and it is only through time that you figure out her true intentions and what she is really thinking.

FOR MORE PICS AND THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW CLICK HERE