He use grey tones as a basis but add’s vibrant colours to break the monochrome concrete expression and bring a splash of life to his motives. His abstract graffiti and stencils are a mix of urban scenes showing the development of a walls lifetime. Inspired by artist like Jose Parlá and Cy Twombly. His artistic expression started more political, but has developed into a more subtle expression blending graffiti, stencil art and decay together. This interest for decay has helped develop his style, motives and composition and he enjoys creating either unity or conflict between materials, backgrounds, motives and human intervention. He looks for inspirations in people, city landscapes, old buildings, graffiti, posters and decaying walls. Martin has a continuous urge to search for beauty in what is commonly dismissed as ugly, out of style or simply left behind.
After following graffiti and its development, he started his own stencil production 10 years ago in the winter of 2004. Printed Editions helps art collectors to source art prints from art galleries, art dealers and print studios. 'Framed' has become one of the flagship works of this Norwegian artist today, being this particular print an exclusive hand finished printers proof, created on a yellow background and hand. While studying Art and Graphic design at Westerdals School of Communication, Oslo, he discovered stencils and the urban art scene. Martin Whatson created this work in 2013 and got to paint a mural with this image in Blackpool, United Kingdom, for the Sand, Sea and Spray festival. 1984) is a Norwegian born and based stencil artist.
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