TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

I’d first like to thank Matt Tworkowski for participating in the Happy Haven Group’s 9th interview. Matt your interview was such an inspiration to me!! You could just feel your passion…….. Not just in your answers but it’s also seen in your work!! I believe that an artist’s ART work reflects so much of who they are deep inside! Much like the beauty you find deep below the waters surface!! And I thank you again for sharing your passions, amazing photography and yourself with all of us here on the redbubble.

I’d like to first introduce you all to Matt Tworkowski. Matt is such an incredible underwater photographer. And if you have seen his work, then you know what I’m talking about. His portfolio is absolutely beautiful!!! If you haven’t seen Matt’s work I encourage you to view more of his Brilliant Portfolio by going to the link below
Matt Tworkowski

The piece of work that I’ve chosen as our group avatar for the next two weeks is a piece titled:

BUZZED It’s incredible and brilliant photography!! :-)

Interview Questions

How long have you been an artist on the redbubble?
Approx 9 months (Sept 07)

What country are you from?
Australia

Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Needless to say I am a nature fanatic, love any type of art that captures the essence of our beautiful planet. I live in Kyneton, country Victoria, about an hour north of Melbourne.
Come from a family of 3 sisters & 1 brother all who I love dearly.
Currently employed as a plumber which has been my occupation for the last 10 years & consider it a blessing to be brought up in such an amazingly diverse country.

How long have you been a photographer/artist?
Purchased my first camera about 4 years ago(about the same time I started diving) changed my view & appreciation of this amazing world we live in.

What type of artwork do you enjoy creating and why?
Underwater is where my heart lies; love the connection with nature & the marine environment that photography & diving provides. My one true passion means everything to me.

What is your favorite work of art in your portfolio and why?
Religious Experience-for the spiritual symbology & Buzzed for the fact that that 300 kg+ male fur seal seemed to be coming at me at 100 km/per hour & I managed to hold my nerve & get the image I had envisioned.

Religious Experience

Buzzed

What has been your greatest accomplishment as an artist up to the
present date?
Have 2 images out of 12 in the running for underwater.com final drawn in July, which I consider a real honor as it hosts some of the best marine photographers in Asia Pacific, RB runner up in B&W section of their comp last year(Religious Experience) as well as publications in various dive magazines.

Do you have an artist that you admire? If so who and why?
Without doubt the late Jacques Cousteau for his selfless dedication to the marine environment, Paul Watson and crew of Sea Shepherds… who I have had the rare privilege to meet and assist and Michael Aw/Mathieu Meur for their genius way of capturing the underwater realm.

What are your dreams, goals and aspirations as an artist?
To promote awareness & understanding of the underwater world & perhaps make it my profession, doing what I love as much as anything… documenting the marine environment.

What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you while
creating some of your artwork?
Seeing a 2 meter Potato Cod swallow the camera of a fellow diver with hand still attached, ok the reason this is funny is because the diver still has his hand & the cod didn’t find the camera very appealing & spat it out soon afterwards.

Do you have an inspirational message you would like to share with other
artists?
There is always hope & salvation for us all, something that has been close to my heart recently.