Surreal Paintings by Matthew Grabelsky

We’re sure you’ve all heard the saying ‘don’t be such an animal’, but in this case, we are glad they are. The light rail has only been operational in Ethiopia for a few years and is yet to grow a life of its own… However, we are sure that in the coming years the subway/railway in Addis will become a hybrid of performance art…We can hardly wait.

Grabelsky shared that his characters will soon leave the subway, but added that he wants the shift to be organic. “My concept is that these characters started on the subway and then go out into the wider world. I certainly want to do paintings set in different locations in New York. I was born and am currently living in Los Angeles and so I expect that my characters will make it out to LA at some point.”