Matt Berry
Matt Berry
by Martyn Burdon
© Martyn Burdon
Acrylic on canvas board
Martyn Burdon gained a BSc (Hons) in product design from Brunel University and works in retail design. His art work has been in group exhibitions including the National Open Art Competition, 2016.
The portrait is of the artist, musician and actor, Matt Berry. Burdon contacted Berry to ask if he would sit for a portrait after discovering that both men had grown up in the town of Bedford. To make the most of working in natural light, the sitting took place outdoors on a bright, cold day. Burdon says: ‘Matt is a very gentle and selfeffacing person and I think the portrait has a touch of something thoughtful and vulnerable about it.’
