Matthew Hedges

Matthew Hedges, who has had a long association with the Roundhouse, started painting more than 20 years ago and has devoted his working life to painting ocean waves in all kinds of light, producing exciting original works in gouache and, occasionally, oil on canvas. His aim is to capture the texture and detail of the breaking wave with paint applied boldly and overlaid with razor sharp brush strokes.

Originally from London, his intimacy with the ocean began in 1992 when the desire to paint the sea was ignited by winter storms at Kynance Cove on the Lizard. After 4 years studying illustration at Falmouth College of Art, he had become very at ease with gouache, the medium he still mainly uses today.