Michael DeMatty

The other morning i woke up and as i opened my eyes, i saw an image like a face looking back at me in the folds of the pillow case next to me. It was a sad looking face, like someone grieving. For some reason, it immediately made me think of the famine in Somalia happening right now, and something inside me felt i needed to create an art piece with this face. I searched on line for Somalia famine and i came across a photo of a grieving woman that looked exactly like the grieving face that greeted me when i awoke. That photo became a portrait in ink on paper which i call “Famine and cholera.” What i want for this piece is to find a charity auction for Somalia or a buyer, and donate the money to aid in Somalia. The piece is about 18 inches by 24 inches i believe, and still needs to be framed.

I took a photo of the folds in the pillow case i saw when i opened my eyes.